Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
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
Main entry: passing
Definition: the end of something
Usage: the passing of winter
Definition: the motion of one object relative to another
Usage: stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Main entry: loss, exit, expiration, going, passing, release, departure
Definition: euphemistic expressions for death
Usage: thousands mourned his passing
Main entry: 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
Definition: of advancing the ball by throwing it
Usage: a team with a good passing attack; a pass play
Main entry: 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
Main entry: passing
Definition: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Usage: a passing grade
Main entry: passing, exceedingly, extremely, super
Definition: to an extreme degree
Usage: extremely cold; extremely unpleasant