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    pass·ing
    [ˈpasiNG]
    adjective
    passing (adjective)
    1. going past:
      "passing cars"
    2. (of a period of time) going by:
      "she detested him more with every passing second"
      • carried out quickly and lightly:
        "a passing glance"
    3. US ENGLISH
      meeting or surpassing the requirements of a course or examination:
      "a passing grade"
    noun
    passing (noun)
    1. the passage of something, especially time:
      "with the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric"
    2. the action of throwing, kicking, or hitting a ball or puck to another team member during a sports match:
      "his play showed good passing and good control" · "a good passing movement"
    3. the end of something:
      "the passing of the Cold War and the rise of a new Europe"
      • euphemistic
        a person's death:
        "her passing will be felt deeply by many people"
    pass
    [pas]
    verb
    passing (present participle)
    1. move or cause to move in a specified direction:
      "he passed through towns and villages" · "he passed a weary hand across his forehead" · "pass an electric current through it" · "the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead"
      • change from one state or condition to another:
        "homes that have passed from public to private ownership"
      • euphemistic
        die (used euphemistically):
        "his father had passed to the afterlife"
    2. go past or across; leave behind or on one side in proceeding:
      "the two vehicles had no room to pass each other" · "we will not let you pass" · "she passed a rest area with a pay phone"
      • go beyond the limits of; surpass or exceed:
        "this item has passed its sell-by date"
      • tennis
        hit a winning shot past (an opponent).
    3. (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:
      "the day and night passed slowly" · "the moment had passed"
      • spend or use up (a period of time):
        "this was how they passed the time"
      • come to an end:
        "the danger had passed"
      • happen; be done or said:
        "not another word passed between them" · "this fact has passed almost unnoticed"
    4. transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
      "your letter has been passed to Mr. Rich for action" · "he passed her a cup" · "please pass the fish"
      • be transferred from one person or place to another, especially by inheritance:
        "if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband" · "infections can pass from mother to child at birth"
      • (in football, soccer, hockey, and other games) throw, kick, or hit (the ball or puck) to another player on one's own team:
        "his intent was to pass the ball forward rather than knock it back"
      • put (something, especially money) into circulation:
        "persons who have passed bad checks"
      • (especially of money) circulate; be current:
        "cash was passing briskly"
    5. (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):
      "she passed her driving test"
      • judge the performance or standard of (someone or something) to be satisfactory:
        "he was passed fit by army doctors"
      • be accepted as adequate; go uncensured:
        "she couldn't agree, but let it pass" · "her dress passed without comment"
      • be accepted or perceived as belonging to an ethnic group other than one's own or as having a sex other than the one registered at birth:
        "when I went through my transition I no longer tried to pass" · "how dark one could be and still pass varied from region to region"
    6. (of a legislative or other official body) approve or put into effect (a proposal or law) by voting on it:
      "the bill was passed despite fierce opposition"
      • (of a proposal or law) be examined and approved by (a legislative body or process):
        "the Bill passed by 164 votes to 107"
    7. pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):
      "passing judgment on these crucial issues" · "it is now my duty to pass sentence upon you"
      • utter (something, especially criticism):
        "she would pass remarks about the Paxtons in their own house"
      • archaic
        adjudicate or give a judgment on a matter:
        "a jury could not be trusted to pass upon the question of Endicott's good faith"
    8. discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:
      "frequency of passing urine"
    9. forgo one's turn in a game or an offered opportunity:
      "we pass on dessert and have coffee"
      • (of a company) not declare or pay (a dividend):
        "the company has already passed its interim dividend"
      • bridge
        make no bid when it is one's turn during an auction:
        "South bids 1NT. North passes"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French passer, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. the passage of something, especially time:
      passage
      course
      progress
      advance
      process
      flow
    verb
    1. move or cause to move in a specified direction:
      go
      proceed
      move
      progress
      make one's way
      travel
      drive
      fly
      run
      flow
      course
      stream
      roll
      drift
      sweep
      Opposite:
      halt
      stop
    2. (of time or a point in time) elapse; go by:
      elapse
      go by
      proceed
      progress
      advance
      wear on
      slip away
      tick by
      go past
      slip by
      roll by
      glide by
    3. transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series:
      hand
      give
      hand over
      hand around
      reach
      transfer
      convey
      deliver
      throw
      toss
      chuck
      bung
      let someone have
    4. (of a candidate) be successful in (an examination, test, or course):
      get through
      come through
      qualify
      graduate
      be successful in
      succeed in
      gain a pass in
      meet the requirements of
      pass muster in
      come up to scratch in
      come up to snuff in
      sail through
      scrape through
      Opposite:
      fail
      • pronounce (a judgment or judicial sentence):
        declare
        pronounce
        utter
        express
        deliver
        issue
        set forth
        • discharge (something, especially urine or feces) from the body:
          discharge
          excrete
          eliminate
          evacuate
          expel
          emit
          void
          release
          let out
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