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Passing Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Passing? [n] success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" [n] going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me" [n] a football play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" [n] a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" [n] the end of something; "the passing of winter" [n] the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [n] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [adv] to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective" [adj] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; 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The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away. {Passing bell}, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow. \Pass"ing\, a. 1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing. 2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. ``Her passing deformity.'' --Shak. {Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone. {Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony. \Pass"ing\, adv. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange. ``You apprehend passing shrewdly.'' --Shak.

Passing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Passing?

[n] success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
[n] going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
[n] a football play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
[n] a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
[n] the end of something; "the passing of winter"
[n] the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
[n] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
[adv] to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"
[adj] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

Passing In Webster's Dictionary

\Pass"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going
by or away.

{Passing bell}, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul
   is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to
   invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the
   passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during
   funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.


\Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
   through, or away; departing.

2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. ``Her passing
   deformity.'' --Shak.

{Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.


{Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
   tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
   of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
   harmony.


\Pass"ing\, adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair;
passing strange. ``You apprehend passing shrewdly.'' --Shak.

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