Something that's passing happens very quickly. If you give someone a passing glance, you look so briefly in their direction that you barely see them. Passing is the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of social groups other than his or her own, such as a different race, ethnicity, social class, gender, intelligence, age and/or disability status, generally with the purpose of gaining social acceptance. Definition and synonyms of passing from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of passing.View American English definition of passing. Change your default dictionary to American English. View the pronunciation for passing.

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late 13c., passen (transitive), 'to go by (something),' also 'to cross over,' from Old French passer 'to pass' (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *passare 'to step, walk, pass' (source also of Spanish pasar, Italian passare), from Latin passus 'step, pace' (from PIE root *pete- 'to spread').

Intransitive sense of 'to go on, to move forward, make one's way' is attested from c. 1300. The figurative sense of 'to experience, undergo' (as in pass the time) is recorded from late 14c. Sense of 'to go through an examination successfully' is from early 15c. Meaning 'decline to do something' is attested from 1869, originally in cards (euchre). In football, hockey, soccer, etc., the meaning 'to transfer the ball or puck to another player' is from c. 1865. Related: Passed; passing.

The meaning 'to be thought to be something one is not' (especially in a racial sense) is from 1935, from pass oneself off(as), which is attested by 1809. The general verb sense of 'to be accepted as equivalent' is from 1590s. Pass up 'decline, refuse' is attested from 1896. Pass the buck is from 1865, said to be poker slang reference to the buck horn-handled knife that was passed around to signify whose turn it was to deal. Pass the hat 'seek contributions' is from 1762. Pass-fail as a grading method is attested from 1955, American English.

pass (n.1)

Meaning Of Passing By

'mountain defile,' c. 1300, from Old French pas 'step, track, passage,' from Latin passus 'step, pace' (from PIE root *pete- 'to spread').

pass (n.2)

Passing Away Meaning

'written permission to pass into, or through, a place,' 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of 'ticket for a free ride or admission' is by 1838. In cards, 'the act of declining to make a bid,' by 1923 in bridge. Colloquial make a pass 'offer an amorous advance' is recorded by 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense (football, fencing). Phrase come to pass 'be carried out or accomplished' (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of 'completion, accomplishment.'

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