passing

adj.

1. Moving by; going past: The child waved to the passing cars.
2. Of brief duration; transitory: a passing fancy.
3. Cursory or superficial; casual: a passing glance.
4. Allowing one to pass a test, course of study, inspection, or examination; satisfactory: a passing grade.
5. Archaic. Very or great; surpassing: “'Tis a passing shame” (Shakespeare).

adv.

Very; surpassingly: “I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because … this one is surely something new and passing strange” (Walker Percy).

n.

1. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed: the passing of another summer.
2. A place where or a means by which one can pass.
3. Death.

idiom:

in passing

1. While going by; incidentally.

passingly pass'ing·ly adv.

adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.

noun

The act or fact of dying: death, decease, demise, dissolution, extinction, quietus, rest¹. Slang curtain (used in plural). See live/die.

adj

Definition: brief, casual
Antonyms: lasting, long-lasting, permanent

n

Definition: death
Antonyms: birth, living

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IN BRIEF: n. - Success in satisfying a test or requirement; Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.

Gray skies are just clouds passing over. — Duke Ellington

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forbipasserende, forbigående, tilfældig
n. - forbipassage, sidespor, vedtagelse, bortgang
adv. - overordentlig

idioms:

• in passing    i forbifarten
• passing acquaintance    tilfældigt bekendtskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbijgaand, terloops, vluchtig, teloorgang, het passeren, de dood van iemand

Français (French)
adj. - passager, de jour en jour, qui passe, en passant, vague
n. - passage, mort, dépassement (d'une voiture), doublement, (Comm) passation, écoulement (du temps), (École) admission, (Pol) adoption, (Fin) approbation, transmission (d'un message), (Sport) passes (du ballon), (Jur) prononcé (d'un jugement)
adv. - très, excessivement

idioms:

• in passing    en passant
• passing acquaintance    connaissance de passage

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorbeifahrend, vorübergehend, flüchtig, beiläufig
adv. - äußerst
n. - Ableben

idioms:

• in passing    im Vorbeigehen
• passing acquaintance    eine momentane Bekanntschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διερχόμενος, περαστικός, διαβατικός, παροδικός
adv. - (απαρχ.) λίαν, εξόχως
n. - διάβαση, δίοδος, πέρασμα, θάνατος

idioms:

• in passing    παρεμπιπτόντως, στη ρύμη του λόγου
• passing acquintance    ελάχιστα γνωστός, γνωριμία της μιας φοράς

Italiano (Italian)
effimero, temporaneamente, incidentale, incidentalmente

idioms:

• in passing    en passant

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - de passagem, momentâneo
adv. - extremamente, sumamente
n. - passagem (f), partida (f)

idioms:

• in passing    de passagem

Русский (Russian)
скоротечный, мимолетный, случайный

idioms:

• in passing    мимоходом

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pasajero, efímero, transitorio, de paso, incidental
n. - paso, pasada, transcurso, tránsito, muerte, aprobación
adv. - mucho, sumamente

idioms:

• in passing    de pasada
• passing acquaintance    relación de paso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förbigående, övergående
adv. - synnerlig
n. - förbipasserande, omkörning, i förbifarten, bortgång, död, passning (sport)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
经过的, 短暂的, 一时间, 越过的, 偶然的, 不经意的, 通过, 死, 逝去, 非常

idioms:

• in passing    顺便
• passing acquaintance    点头之交

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 經過的, 短暫的, 一時間, 越過的, 偶然的, 不經意的
n. - 通過, 死, 逝去
adv. - 非常

idioms:

• in passing    順便
• passing acquaintance    點頭之交

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 통행하는, 현재의, 우연의
n. - 통과 , 소멸, 간과, 발생
adv. - 대단히

idioms:

• in passing    말이 난 김에, 내친 걸음에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 通行, 通過, 経過, 消滅, 可決, 合格
adj. - 通過する, 一時的な, 合格の, ふとした

idioms:

• in passing    因みに, ついでに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) موت, وفاة, جاري, اجتيازي (ظرف) جدا, بإفراط (الاسم) عابر, عرضي, سريع الزوال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר, עובר, חולף, שטחי‬
n. - ‮מוות, הסתלקות, עבירה, יציאה‬
adv. - ‮מאוד, ביותר‬

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