Synonymer
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Definitioner
Adjektiv
- That passes away; ephemeral.
- (now rare, literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
- vague, cursory.
- going past - passing cars.
Adverb
- (now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly.
Substantiv
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- (legal) The act of approving a bill etc.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
Exempel
- And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours [...]
- It might be possible to dismiss #dittowatch as just another passing internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.
- her passing deformity
- It was by dint of passing strength, / That he moved the massy stone at length.
- That parliament was destined, in one short hour of convulsive strength, in one short hour of passing glory, to humble the pride and alarm the fears of England.
- Ardent pro-lifer Rick Santorum made one passing reference to "authenticity" as a litmus test for a conservative candidate, but if he was obliquely referring to Romney (and he was), you could be excused for missing the dig.
- One, pale as yonder waning moon, / With lips of lurid blue; / The other, rosy as the morn / When throned on ocean's wave, / It blushes o'er the world: / Yet both so passing wonderful!
- ‘I find it passing strange that convicts understand honest folk, but honest folk don't understand convicts.’
- 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.
- passing fancy, passing success
Böjningsformer
| Plural | passings |
| Komparativ | more passing |
| Superlativ | most passing |