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passing

//ˈpɑːsɪŋ//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for passing

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more passing
Superlative
most passing

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
passings

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.present participle and gerund of pass

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.That passes away; ephemeral.

    • It might be possible to dismiss #dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.
  2. 2.Vague, cursory.

  3. 3.Going past.

  4. 4.That passes in any sense.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Death, dying; the end of something.

  2. 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. 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

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *passāre

Old French passerbor.

Middle English passen

English pass

English -ing

English passing

From pass + -ing.

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