passing
//ˈpɑːsɪŋ//
Forms
- Comparative
- more passing
- Superlative
- most passing
- Plural
- passings
Definitions
1.present participle and gerund of pass
1.That passes away; ephemeral.
- It might be possible to dismiss #dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.
2.Vague, cursory.
3.Going past.
4.That passes in any sense.
1.Death, dying; the end of something.
2.The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.
3.The act of approving a bill etc.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4552
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
Proto-Italic *pattus
Latin passus
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Vulgar Latin *passāre
Old French passerbor.
Middle English passen
English pass
English -ing
English passing
From pass + -ing.