Synonyms: qualifying, pass, passing
Definition: success in satisfying a test or requirement
Usage: his future depended on his passing that test; he got a pass in introductory chemistry
Similar words: success
Definition: an attainment that is successful
Usage: his success in the marathon was unexpected; his new play was a great success
Synonyms: overtaking, passing
Definition: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Usage: she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
Similar words: reordering
Definition: a rearrangement in a different order
Synonyms: pass, passing, passing game, passing play
Definition: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Usage: the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
Similar words: football play
Definition: (American football) a play by the offensive team
Definition: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Usage: the passage of air from the lungs; the passing of flatus
Similar words: reaction, response
Definition: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
Usage: a bad reaction to the medicine; his responses have slowed with age
Synonyms: passing
Definition: the end of something
Usage: the passing of winter
Similar words: last, final stage, end
Definition: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Usage: the end was exciting; I had to miss the last of the movie
Definition: the motion of one object relative to another
Usage: stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Similar words: motion, movement
Definition: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
Synonyms: loss, exit, expiration, going, passing, release, departure
Definition: euphemistic expressions for death
Usage: thousands mourned his passing
Similar words: death, decease, expiry
Definition: the event of dying or departure from life
Usage: her death came as a terrible shock; upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
Synonyms: casual, passing, perfunctory, cursory
Definition: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Usage: a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws; a passing glance; perfunctory courtesy
Similar words: careless
Definition: marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
Usage: careless about her clothes; forgotten by some careless person; a careless housekeeper; careless proofreading; it was a careless mistake; hurt by a careless remark
Synonyms: transient, transitory, fugacious, ephemeral, short-lived, passing
Definition: lasting a very short time
Usage: the ephemeral joys of childhood; a passing fancy; youth's transient beauty; love is transitory but it is eternal; fugacious blossoms
Similar words: impermanent, temporary
Definition: not permanent; not lasting
Usage: politics is an impermanent factor of life- James Thurber; impermanent palm cottages; a temperary arrangement; temporary housing
Synonyms: passing
Definition: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Usage: a passing grade
Similar words: satisfactory
Definition: giving satisfaction
Usage: satisfactory living conditions; his grades were satisfactory