PASSING

PAS ·SING 2 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 10 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
  2. euphemistic expressions for death
  3. the motion of one object relative to another
  4. the end of something

💬 Examples

  • "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
  • "thousands mourned his passing"
  • "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
  • "the passing of winter"

🔗 Similar words

passpassing_playpassing_gamelossdepartureexit
adjective
  1. lasting a very short time
  2. of advancing the ball by throwing it
  3. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
  4. hasty and without attention to detail

💬 Examples

  • "the ephemeral joys of childhood"
  • "a passing fancy"
  • "a team with a good passing attack"
  • "a pass play"

🔗 Similar words

ephemeralshort-livedtransienttransitoryfugaciouspassing(a)
adverb
  1. to an extraordinary degree

💬 Examples

  • "she was a surpassingly beautiful woman"
  • "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange--Walker Percy"

🔗 Similar words

surpassingly
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