passing - Meaning in Tamil

passing - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of passing in English

passing adjective

1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

   Examples

   • "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
   • "a passing glance"
   • "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
   • "perfunctory courtesy"
2. of advancing the ball by throwing it

   Examples

   • "a pass play"
   • "a team with a good passing attack"
3. lasting a very short time

   Synonyms

   transient, transitory

   Examples

   • "a passing fancy"
   • "fugacious blossoms"
   • "love is transitory but it is eternal"
   • "the ephemeral joys of childhood"
   • "youth's transient beauty"
4. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

   Example

   • "a passing grade"

passing abverb

1. to an extraordinary degree

   Examples

   • "I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange"
   • "she was a surpassingly beautiful woman"

passing noun

1. success in satisfying a test or requirement

   Examples

   • "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
   • "his future depended on his passing that test"
2. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

   Example

   • "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
3. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

   Example

   • "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
4. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

   Examples

   • "the passage of air from the lungs"
   • "the passing of flatus"
5. the end of something

   Example

   • "the passing of winter"
6. the motion of one object relative to another

   Example

   • "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
7. euphemistic expressions for death

   Example

   • "thousands mourned his passing"

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