Dictionary entry

In passing

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

(idm) အလျဉ်းသင့်၍။ ကြုံကြိုက်တုန်း။

Definition

passing /'pɑ:sÇŋ: US 'pæs-/ adj [U] (က) တစ္ခဏမွ် ျဖစ္ေသာ။ တဒဂၤ။ ဖ်တ္ခနဲ။ ျဖဳတ္ျခည္း (ေပါ)။ a passing thought/ fancy/ glance. (ခ) အေပၚယံ။ သာမန္။ a passing reference/ remark ❍ He bears more than a passing resemblance to (ie looks quite like)your brother. n [U] ၁။ ေျပာင္းေရြ႕ျခင္း။ the passing of time/ the years. ၂။ ( fml ) (က) ကုန္လြန္ျခင္း။ the passing of the old year (ie on New Year's Eve). (ခ) ( euph ) ကြယ္လြန္ျခင္း။ အနိစၥ ေရာက္ျခင္း။ The country mourns his passing. ❏ in passing [ IDM ] အလ်ဥ္းသင့္၍။ ႀကံဳႀကိဳက္တုန္း။ mention sth in passing.

Examples

  1. He was found by a passing motorist.
  2. Bridget grabbed a glass of champagne from a passing waiter.
  3. A passing craze/fashion
  4. It wasn’t really a romance
  5. just a passing flirtation.
  6. She bore a passing resemblance to the missing woman.
  7. A passing knowledge of French