transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:sɪŋ, pæs- ]
1.
A passing fashion, activity, or feeling lasts for only a short period of time and is not worth taking very seriously.
Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad...
≠ lasting
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
The passing of something such as a time or system is the fact of its coming to an end.
It was an historic day, yet its passing was not marked by the slightest excitement...
N-SING : with poss
3.
You can refer to someone’s death as their passing , if you want to avoid using the word ‘death’ because you think it might upset or offend people.
His passing will be mourned by many people.
N-SING : with poss
4.
The passing of a period of time is the fact or process of its going by.
The passing of time brought a sense of emptiness...
= passage
N-SING : the N of n
5.
A passing mention or reference is brief and is made while you are talking or writing about something else.
It was just a passing comment, he didn’t go on about it...
= casual
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
see also pass
7.
If you mention something in passing , you mention it briefly while you are talking or writing about something else.
The army is only mentioned in passing.
= incidentally
PHRASE : PHR with cl , PHR after v