| NOUN | act | passing, pass, passing play, passing game | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate |
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| event | passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | euphemistic expressions for death | |
| event | passing, passage | the motion / motion of one object relative to another | |
| event | passing | the end of something | |
| act | passing, passage | a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | |
| act | passing, overtaking | going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | |
| act | passing, pass, qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | passing, ephemeral, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious | lasting a very short time |
| all | passing, pass | of advancing the ball by throwing it | |
| all | passing | allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily | |
| all | passing, casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial | hasty and without attention to detail | |
| ADVERB | all | passing, surpassingly | to a surpassing degree |
| Sounds | pae'sihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Lasting a very short time. | |
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| Example | "a passing fancy" | |
| Synonyms | ephemeral, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious | |
| Broader | impermanent, temporary | not permanent |
| Spanish | breve, efímero, fugaz, pasajero, transitorio | |
| Catalan | efímer, fugaç, passatger, transitori | |
| Meaning | Of advancing the ball by throwing it. | |
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| Example | "a team with a good passing attack" | |
| Synonym | pass | |
| Category | football, football game | Any of various games / 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 |
| Opposite | running | Of advancing the ball by running |
| Meaning | Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily. | |
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| Example | "a passing grade" | |
| Broader | satisfactory | Giving satisfaction |
| Meaning | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. | |
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| Example | "a passing glance" | |
| Synonyms | casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial | |
| Broader | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
| Spanish | somero, superficial | |
| Catalan | superficial | |
| Meaning | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate. | |
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| Example | "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" | |
| Synonyms | pass, passing play, passing game | |
| Category | American football, American football game | A game / game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long |
| Narrower | forward pass, aerial | A pass to a receiver downfield / downfield from the passer |
| lateral pass, lateral | A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer | |
| spot pass | A pass to a designated spot on the field | |
| Broader | football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team |
| Spanish | pase | |
| Catalan | passi | |
| Verbs | pass | throw (a ball) to another player |
| Meaning | euphemistic expressions for death. | |
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| Example | "thousands mourned his passing" | |
| Synonyms | loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | |
| Broader | death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | deceso, defunción, expiración, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, liberación, óbito, partida, pérdida, trance, tránsito | |
| Catalan | decés, defunció, expiració, òbit, pas, trànsit, traspàs | |
| Verbs | pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life |
| Meaning | The motion / motion of one object relative to another. | |
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| Example | "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" | |
| Synonym | passage | |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
| Verbs | pass | travel past |
| Meaning | The end of something. | |
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| Example | "the passing of winter" | |
| Broader | end, last | The concluding parts of an event or occurrence |
| Verbs | pass | disappear gradually |
| Meaning | A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another. | |
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| Example | "the passing of flatus" | |
| Synonym | passage | |
| Broader | reaction, response | A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent |
| Spanish | paso | |
| Catalan | pas | |
| Verbs | pass | eliminate from the body |
| Meaning | going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it. | |
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| Example | "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" | |
| Synonym | overtaking | |
| Broader | reordering | A rearrangement in a different order |
| Spanish | adelantamiento | |
| Catalan | avançament | |
| Verbs | pass | travel past |
| Meaning | success in satisfying a test or requirement. | |
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| Example | "his future depended on his passing that test" | |
| Synonyms | pass, qualifying | |
| Broader | success | An attainment that is successful |
| Opposite | failing, flunk | failure to reach a minimum required performance |
| Spanish | aprobado | |
| Catalan | aprovat | |
| Verbs | pass | accept or judge as acceptable |
| pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process | |
| Meaning | To a surpassing degree. | |
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| Example | "she was a surpassingly beautiful woman" | |
| Synonym | surpassingly | |
| Spanish | extremadamente, extremamente, sumamente | |
| Catalan | extremadament | |
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