English-Thai Dictionary

passing

ADJ ผ่านพ้น ไป อย่างรวดเร็ว  ชั่วแล่น  brief fleeting pan-pon-yang-rued-reo

 

passing

ADJ ผ่าน ไป  ล่วง พ้น  past pan-pai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PASSING

ppr. Moving; proceeding. 1. a. Exceeding; surpassing; eminent.
2. Adverbially used to enforce or enhance the meaning of another word; exceedingly; as passing fair; passing strange.

 

PASSING-BELL

n.The bell that rings at the hour of death to obtain prayers for the passing soul. It is also used for the bell that rings immediately after death.

 

PASSINGLY

adv. Exceedingly.

 

PASSING-NOTE

n.In music, a note introduced between two others for the purpose of softening a distance or melodizing a passage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PASSING

PASSING Pass "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away. Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying ); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. Sir W. Scott. Longfellow.

 

PASSING

PASSING Pass "ing, a.

 

1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.

 

2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. Chaucer. "Her passing deformity. " Shak. Passing note (Mus. ), a character including a passing tone. -- Passing tone (Mus. ), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

 

PASSING

PASSING Pass "ing, adv.

 

Defn: Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange. "You apprehend passing shrewdly. " Shak.

 

PASSINGLY

PASSINGLY Pass "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Exceedingly. Wyclif.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

passing

pass ing |ˈpasiNG ˈpæsɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 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 meeting or surpassing the requirements of a course or examination: a passing grade. ▶noun [ in sing. ] 1 the passage of something, esp. time: with the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric. • 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 | [ as modifier ] : a good passing movement. 2 used euphemistically to refer to a person's death: her passing will be felt deeply by many people. • the end of something: the passing of the Cold War and the rise of a new Europe. PHRASES in passing briefly and casually: the research was mentioned only in passing. DERIVATIVES pass ing ly adverb

 

passing bell

pass ing bell ▶noun chiefly historical a bell rung immediately after a death as a signal for prayers.

 

passing note

pass ing note (also passing tone ) ▶noun Music a note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition from one chord to another.

 

passing shot

pass ing shot |ˈpæsɪŋ ʃɑt | ▶noun Tennis a winning shot beyond and out of reach of one's opponent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

passing

pass |ing |ˈpɑːsɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 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 (of a resemblance or similarity ) slight. ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the passage of something, especially time: with the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric. 2 (in sport ) the action of passing a ball to another team member: his play showed good passing and control. 3 the end of something: the passing of the Cold War. • euphemistic a person's death: her passing will be felt deeply by many people. PHRASES in passing briefly and casually: the research was mentioned only in passing. DERIVATIVES passingly adverb

 

passing bell

pass |ing bell ▶noun chiefly historical a bell rung immediately after a death as a signal for prayers.

 

passing note

pass |ing note ▶noun Music a note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition.

 

passing shot

pass |ing shot ▶noun Tennis a shot aiming the ball beyond and out of reach of one's opponent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

passing

passing adjective 1 of passing interest: fleeting, transient, transitory, ephemeral, brief, short-lived, temporary, momentary; literary evanescent. 2 a passing glance: hasty, rapid, hurried, brief, quick; cursory, superficial, casual, perfunctory. ▶noun 1 the passing of time: passage, course, progress, advance. 2 Jack's passing: death, demise, passing away /on, end, loss, quietus; formal decease. 3 the passing of the new bill: enactment, ratification, approval, adoption, authorization, legalization, endorsement. PHRASES in passing in passing, let me add that the new membership directory will be available on Thursday: incidentally, by the by /way, en passant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

passing

passing adjective 1 his death was of only passing interest: fleeting, transient, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, brief, short-lived, short, temporary, momentary, fading, impermanent; rare fugacious. ANTONYMS permanent, lasting. 2 the sculpture is worth more than a passing glance: hasty, rapid, hurried, brief, quick; cursory, superficial, casual, perfunctory, desultory, incidental, summary, glancing. ANTONYMS careful. ▶noun 1 the passing of time has done little to improve the situation: passage, course, progress, advance, process, flow. 2 it was with much regret that I learned of Jack's passing | the passing of ‘traditional ’ art: death, demise, passing away, passing on, end, expiry, loss, expiration, decease; disappearance, vanishing, dying out; rare quietus. 3 the passing of the government's new Heritage Bill: enactment, passage, ratification, acceptance, approval, adoption, authorization, sanction, validation, legalization, endorsement. PHRASES in passing he mentioned in passing that you had a lot of female visitors: incidentally, by the by, by the way, as it happens, in the course of conversation, en passant, parenthetically.

 

Spanish Dictionary

passing-shot

passing-shot nombre masculino En tenis, tiro potente y a muy poca altura que supera al adversario que está cerca de la red .El plural es passing-shots. Se pronuncia 'pasingxut' .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

passing

pass ing /pǽsɪŋ |pɑ́ːs -/名詞 U 1 〖the ～〗(時 年月の )経過 .2 〖one's ～〗(政府 時代 習慣などの )終結, 消滅 .3 ｟遠回しに ｠〖one's ～〗(人の )死 (death ).形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 通り過ぎる, 過ぎ去る .2 つかの間の, 一時の 〈流行 活動 感情など 〉(fleeting )(↔lasting ).3 ついでの (短い )〈言動 〉(brief, casual ).in p á ssing ついでに 〈言う 書く 〉(incidentally ).with è ach [è very ] p à ssing d á y [y é ar ]｟文 ｠絶え間無く, 日に日に, 年々 〈変わるなど 〉.～́ l à ne ｟米 ｠追い越し車線 〘ほかの車の追い越しが認められているハイウェイの車線 〙.～̀ m á rk ｟米 ｠合格点 .