passing
About 30.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of pass
- adjective That passes away; ephemeral. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- adjective Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
- adjective Vague, cursory.
to make a passing comment
- adjective Going past.
passing cars
- adjective That passes in any sense.
a passing transsexual
- adverb Surpassingly, greatly.
- noun Death, dying; the end of something.
Similar words
fugacious transient ephemeral transitory short-lived temporary impermanent casual moving perfunctory
Often followed by
through of the from a over by on to
Word family
passings
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