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