Antonyms for passing

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : pas-ing, pah-sing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋ

Definition of passing

Origin : "in a (sur)passing degree, surpassingly," late 14c., from pass (v.).

adj brief, casual
noun death

Example sentences :

"I'll take another piece of fish, mother," said Robert, passing his plate.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

"Another cup of coffee, Mrs. Davis," he said, passing his cup across the table.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Passing the Jewish cemetery, Kate and Harry paused a moment.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Mr Clayton was not slow to remark what was passing in my mind.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Let you go down now to the spring well and give him this and he passing.
Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge

He supposed me to be some passing stranger, and did not recognize me.
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

The next thing was to borrow a trifle of what was passing through his hands.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Could he have understood what was passing in her mind he would have known better what next to say.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

There was a silence that seemed long, though it was measured in the passing of seconds.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

In passing I may remark that Hamlet, too, complains of "bad dreams."
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Synonyms for passing

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