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Meanings of passing in English

Portuguese
extremamente

To an extreme degree.

        extremamente
        Portuguese
        expiração
        Catalan
        trànsit
        Spanish
        expiración

        Euphemistic expressions for death.

            expiração
            Catalan
            passi
            Spanish
            pase

            (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.

                  passi
                  Catalan
                  aprovat

                  Success in satisfying a test or requirement.

                      aprovat
                      Usage of passing in English
                      1
                      Recent polling shows the proposed amendment stands a good chance of passing.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      Just passing through, on my way to a far, far better place.
                      The Great Book of Amber
                      3
                      Engel said there was no point in passing North Korea legislation again.
                      Reuters
                      4
                      However, the window for passing the bill this year may be limited.
                      Reuters
                      5
                      Mr Key wants to build broad Parliamentary support before passing any legislation.
                      Radio NZ
                      6
                      The spaceship that 'happened to be passing' was, almost by definition, impossible.
                      The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                      7
                      Zeke mentioned the control room's location in passing a few days ago.
                      Four: The Son
                      8
                      Just casting directors passing it on over the course of a year.
                      Reuters
                      9
                      I think I missed his passing by about 30 minutes, he said.
                      Radio NZ
                      10
                      He recalled the longer waiting room he had seen briefly in passing.
                      Heart of oak
                      11
                      The passing of the bonbons concludes the actual service at the table.
                      How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration
                      12
                      We are passing the threshold that leads beyond the cycle of labor-money-consumption.
                      Wired
                      13
                      Christmas seems to be coming earlier and earlier with each passing year.
                      The Irish Times
                      14
                      Helping Ms. O'Rourke was just passing on important information to the public.
                      By reason of insanity
                      15
                      We saw the police passing several times, sweating in their red uniforms.
                      Voices in the dark
                      16
                      She said nothing more, as though it were just a passing question.
                      Mortal Allies
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                      Translations for passing
                      Passing through the time
                      Passing across language varieties
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                      Common
                      Canada
                      Common
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                      Common
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