From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2011] [wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. That pass es away; ephemeral . [from 14th c.]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1814 | author=w:Lord Byron | title=Lara | section=I.15
|passage=And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same
in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the PASSING hours [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | author=Marianne Kirby | journal=The Guardian | date=21 Sep 2010
|passage=It might be possible to dismiss #dittowatch as just another PASSING
internet fancy. After all, hashtags are ephemeral.}}
1. [en] Pre-eminent , excellent , extreme . [from 14th c.]
2. * [II]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1835 | author=w:Washington Irving | title=The Crayon Miscellany
|passage=It was by dint of PASSING strength, / That he moved the massy stone
at length.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1847 | author=Robert Holmes | title=The Case of Ireland Stated
|passage=That parliament was destined, in one short hour of convulsive
strength, in one short hour of PASSING glory, to humble the pride and alarm
the fears of England.}}
1. Vague , cursory . [from 18th c.]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | author=Stewart J Lawrence | journal=The Guardian | date=14 Jun 2011
|passage=Ardent pro-lifer Rick Santorum made one PASSING reference to
"authenticity" as a litmus test for a conservative candidate, but if he was
obliquely referring to Romney (and he was), you could be excused for missing
the dig.}}
1. Going past .
2. That pass es in any sense.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[that passes away; ephemeral]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] _(poetic)_
- Hindi: [hi]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[pre-eminent, excellent]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[vague, cursory]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] [adverb]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[going past]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] [exalted]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
- Norwegian:
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[pass a test or examinations]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adverb
[-]
1. [en] Surpassingly , greatly . [from 14th c.]
2. * [en]
3. * [page=3]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- This use is sometimes misconstrued as meaning "vaguely" or "slightly" (perhaps by confusion with such phrases as "passing fancy", under Adjective, above), leading to formations such as "more than passing clever" etc.
**** Translations
[surpassingly, greatly]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[~]
1. Death , dying ; the end of something. [from 14th c.]
2. The fact of going past ; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. [from 14th c.]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1913 | author=w:Oliver Onions | title=The Story of Louie
|passage=And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that
in his former PASSINGS and repassings he could not have seen her either.}}
1. [en] The act of approving a bill etc. [from 15th c.]
2. * [en]
3. [en] The act of pass ing a ball etc. to another player. [from 19th c.]
4. A form of juggling where several people pass prop s between each other, usually club s or ring s.
5. [en] The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
6. * 1963 , [Erving Goffman] , _'Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity' _ , Ch.2 at p.57, 58 _(page numbers per the Pelican Books 1976 reprint)_
7. *: When there is a discrepancy between an individual's actual social identity and his virtual one, it is possible for this fact to be known to us before we normals contact him, or to be quite evident when he presents himself before us. He is a discredited person, and it is mainly he I have been dealing with until now. <br> [ ... ] However, when his differentness is not immediately apparent, and is not known beforehand, [ ... ] he is a discreditable, not a discredited person [ ... ] . The issue is [ ... ] that of managing information about his failing. To display or not to display; to tell or not to tell; to let on or not to let on; to lie or not to lie; and in each case, to whom, how, when, and where. <br> [ ... ] It is this second general issue, the management of undisclosed discrediting information about self, that I am focusing on in these notes - in brief, 'PASSING'.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [ja]
**** Translations
[death, dying; the end]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[fact of going past; movement from one place or state to another]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[law: act of approving a bill etc.]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[sports: act of passing]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[form of juggling]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] [two jugglers] , [hy] [group of jugglers]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group different
from their own]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
*** Related terms
[en]
** French
[lang=fr]
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [pâssing]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [juggling] [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]