Antonyms for passing through


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs


Definition of passing through

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • As in migrant/migratory : adj moving, traveling
  • As in penetrating : adj stinging, harsh
  • As in migrational : adj migratory
  • As in transmigratory : adj migratory
  • As in negotiate : verb traverse, cross
  • As in penetrate : verb pierce; get through physically
  • As in percolate : verb seep, drip (liquid)
  • As in permeate : verb filter, spread throughout
  • As in pierce : verb cut, penetrate
  • As in traverse : verb cross over; travel
  • As in cover : verb travel across area
  • As in do : verb travel, visit
  • As in go through : verb search
Example sentences :
  • The next thing was to borrow a trifle of what was passing through his hands.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • This was not done, in consequence of his not passing through Washington, as had been expected.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He struck marsh again and was a long time in passing through it.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • What thoughts could be passing through his mind at that supreme moment?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Italy in 1899 was passing through a period of humiliation and unrest.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • All this that was passing through her mind was utterly foreign to any coquetry.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • They were passing through a long tunnel that went steadily down.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • As they were passing through the dining room he expressed his surprise.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Something of the same thought was passing through Peter's mind but he only smiled.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • Tell him, that in passing through the crowd they left me thus.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for passing through

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