passing

nouns

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
"the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
pass, passing, passing game, passing play
is derived from
pass
euphemistic expressions for death
"thousands mourned his passing"
departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release
is derived from
pass
the motion of one object relative to another
"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
passage, passing
is derived from
pass
the end of something
"the passing of winter"
passing
is derived from
pass
is a type of (narrower)
the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
"the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
end, final stage, last
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
"the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
passage, passing
is derived from
pass
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"
overtaking, passing
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pass
success in satisfying a test or requirement
"his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
pass, passing, qualifying
is derived from
pass
is derived from
pass
antonym
failing

adjectives

lasting a very short time
"the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory
of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
pass, passing
antonym
running
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
"a passing grade"
passing
is similar to
giving satisfaction
"satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
satisfactory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory

adverbs

to an extreme degree
"extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
exceedingly, extremely, passing, super