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passing noun
ಅರ್ಥ : (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The coach sent in a passing play on third and long.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : pass, passing game, passing play
ಅರ್ಥ : The motion of one object relative to another.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : passage
ಅರ್ಥ : The end of something.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The passing of winter.
ಅರ್ಥ : A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The passage of air from the lungs.
The passing of flatus.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : passage
ಅರ್ಥ : Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
She drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : overtaking
ಅರ್ಥ : Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
His future depended on his passing that test.
He got a pass in introductory chemistry.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : pass, qualifying
passing adjective
ಅರ್ಥ : Lasting a very short time.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The ephemeral joys of childhood.
A passing fancy.
Youth's transient beauty.
Love is transitory but it is eternal.
Fugacious blossoms.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory
ಅರ್ಥ : Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A passing grade.
ಅರ್ಥ : Hasty and without attention to detail. Not thorough.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws.
A passing glance.
Perfunctory courtesy.
In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial
passing adverb
ಅರ್ಥ : To an extraordinary degree.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
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.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : surpassingly
