passing
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/
- present participle of pass#English|pass
passing
- That passes away; ephemeral. [from 14th c.]
- 1814, Lord Byron, Lara, I.15:
- And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours […]
- 2010, Marianne Kirby, The Guardian, 21 Sep 2010:
- It might be possible to dismiss #dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.
- 1814, Lord Byron, Lara, I.15:
- (now rare, literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:
- her passing deformity
- 1835, Washington Irving, The Crayon Miscellany:
- It was by dint of passing strength, / That he moved the massy stone at length.
- 1847, Robert Holmes, The Case of Ireland Stated:
- That parliament was destined, in one short hour of convulsive strength, in one short hour of passing glory, to humble the pride and alarm the fears of England.
- Vague, cursory. [from 18th c.]
- 2011, Stewart J Lawrence, The Guardian, 14 Jun 2011:
- Ardent pro-lifer Rick Santorum made one passing reference to "authenticity" as a litmus test for a conservative candidate, but if he was obliquely referring to Romney (and he was), you could be excused for missing the dig.
- 2011, Stewart J Lawrence, The Guardian, 14 Jun 2011:
- Going past.
- passing cars
- French: passager
- German: vorübergehend, verrinnend (poetic)
- Portuguese: passageiro, temporário, efêmero
- Russian: проходя́щий
- Spanish: pasajero
- French: éminent
- Portuguese: preeminente, excelente, ótimo
- Russian: выдаю́щийся
- Spanish: excelente
- French: rapide
- German: flüchtig
- Portuguese: vago
- Russian: вскользь
- Spanish: superficial, somero
passing (not comparable)
- (now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly. [from 14th c.]
- 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab, I:
- One, pale as yonder waning moon, / With lips of lurid blue; / The other, rosy as the morn / When throned on ocean's wave, / It blushes o'er the world: / Yet both so passing wonderful!
- 2010, Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 30 Oct 2010:
- ‘I find it passing strange that convicts understand honest folk, but honest folk don't understand convicts.’
- 1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab, I:
- French: extrêmement, éminemment
- Portuguese: extremamente
- Russian: чрезвыча́йно
- Spanish: extremadamente
passing
- Death, dying; the end of something. [from 14th c.]
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]
, The Story of Louie - And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.
- (legal) The act of approving a bill etc. [from 15th c.]
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. [from 19th c.]
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- French: mort, décès
- Italian: scomparsa, decesso
- Portuguese: morte, óbito
- Russian: смерть
- Spanish: muerte
- French: adoption
- Portuguese: aprovação
- Russian: приня́тие
- Spanish: aprobación
- French: passing
- Russian: жонгли́рование с партнёром
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