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(noun) 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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Synonyms: pass, qualifying |
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Related Words: success |
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Antonyms: failing |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: overtaking |
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Related Words: reordering |
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(adjective) (football) of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" |
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Synonyms: pass |
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Antonyms: running |
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(satellite adjective) moving by or going past; "the passing cars" |
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(satellite adjective) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade" |
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(noun) the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" |
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Synonyms: passage |
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Related Words: motion, movement |
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(noun) euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" |
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Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release |
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Related Words: death, decease |
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(adverb) to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective" |
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Synonyms: exceedingly, extremely |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: passage |
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Related Words: reaction, response |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: casual, cursory, perfunctory |
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(noun) a football 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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Synonyms: pass, passing game, passing play |
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Related Words: aerial, football play, forward pass, lateral, lateral pass |
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