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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