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passing [a]

1)	enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

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ephemeral fugacious short-lived transient transitory

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2)	of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"

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football running

3)	allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

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4)	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"

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casual cursory perfunctory

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passing [r]

1)	to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"

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exceedingly extremely

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extreme exceeding

passing [n]

1)	(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"

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pass passing_game passing_play

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football_play american_football pass aerial lateral spot_pass

2)	euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

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departure exit expiration going loss release

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death decease depart depart depart

3)	the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

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motion overhaul

4)	the end of something; "the passing of winter"

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5)	a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

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6)	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"

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reordering overhaul catch

7)	success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

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pass qualifying

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success measure_up make_it pass failing

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