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PASSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Success in satisfying a test or requirement
Example:
he got a pass in introductory chemistry
Synonyms:
pass; passing; qualifying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
success (an attainment that is successful)
Antonym:
failing (failure to reach a minimum required performance)
Derivation:
pass (accept or judge as acceptable)
pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Example:
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
Synonyms:
overtaking; passing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Derivation:
pass (travel past)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Example:
the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
Synonyms:
pass; passing; passing game; passing play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
football play ((American football) a play by the offensive team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passing"):
aerial; forward pass (a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer)
lateral; lateral pass (a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer)
spot pass (a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does)
Derivation:
pass (throw (a ball) to another player)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Example:
the passing of flatus
Synonyms:
passage; passing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Derivation:
pass (eliminate from the body)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The end of something
Example:
the passing of winter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
Derivation:
pass (disappear gradually)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The motion of one object relative to another
Example:
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Synonyms:
passage; passing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Derivation:
pass (travel past)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example:
thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms:
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("passing" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Derivation:
pass (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Example:
In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory
Synonyms:
casual; cursory; passing; perfunctory; superficial
Classified under:
Similar:
careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of advancing the ball by throwing it
Example:
a pass play
Synonyms:
pass; passing
Classified under:
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Antonym:
running (of advancing the ball by running)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lasting a very short time
Example:
fugacious blossoms
Synonyms:
ephemeral; fugacious; passing; short-lived; transient; transitory
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Example:
a passing grade
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
satisfactory (giving satisfaction)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pass
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To an extraordinary degree
Example:
I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange
Synonyms:
passing; surpassingly
Classified under:
Context examples:
Symptoms include weakness, bone pain, and passing a greater than normal amount of urine.
(Fanconi syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
A method of reconstruction that sums individual contributions to a pixel (voxel) value from detected counts of all lines of response passing through this pixel (voxel).
(Filtered Backprojection, NCI Thesaurus)
This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention, for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
This may block food from passing through the intestine.
(Adhesions, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Any object larger than dust particles would dim all wavelengths of light equally when passing in front of Tabby's Star.
(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)
This difficulty in swallowing is due to the fact that the process of passing food or liquids from the mouth to the stomach requires more time and effort for these patients.
(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)
I could do nothing, however, so I plucked up what heart I could and said that we had better hasten, as the afternoon was passing....
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“That vessel will soon be passing us,” I said, after a moment’s pause.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Before he had recovered from the shock caused by the tragic passing of Curly, he received another shock.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I came next, and tried hard not to look down into the horrible gulf over which I was passing.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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