🕊️ Death 🏈 Throwing the ball 🏈 Throwing plays ⏳ Brief or short 💨 Not detailed 🕰️ End of period ✅ Satisfactory 🌠 Moving by 🚗 Overtaking 🎓 Success in test ✨ Very

passing

8 1.7

Good enough to reach the needed level in a test

adjective
/ˈpæsɪŋ/

: suficiente

To be eligible for the next course, students must achieve a passing grade on the assessment.

To the D's now, AD is not a passing grade.

Examples

Or, and this is one that we think is most useful, Todd is just fell below passing today in this class.
This side is now passing the water break test quite well.
It's passing all those low frequencies and it's not passing any high frequencies.
Not that's not passing my my pain test.
They came very close to passing reforms, but ultimately it failed.
I know you were saying that kind of in passing, but those people, I've heard the way they talk about people who carry extra weight, it's not loving, you know, it's not.
She was relieved to see that her final exam results were passing, allowing her to graduate on time.
The project met the necessary standards, and the reviewers deemed it passing after the inspection.

Synonyms

passable

vspassing

11 4.4

Good enough but not very good

is sufficient specifically to pass tests or inspections rather than general adequacy

Antonyms

unsatisfactory

15 3.9

Not good enough to be acceptable

failing

9 2.5

Not reaching the required standard for work or exams

Idioms

in passing

25 3.8

While mentioning something briefly without giving it much attention

Compounds

passing game

Jargon

25 3.6

A series of plays in American football that move the ball by throwing to teammates

passing play

Specialized

7 4.4

A play in American football where a player throws the ball forward to a teammate

passing comment

1 3.3

A short casual remark that someone says without thinking

husband's passing

1 5.6

The death of a woman's husband

buck-passing

1 7.1

Act of putting blame on others to avoid doing a job you should do

passing shot

Specialized

1 4.6

A tennis hit that goes past an opponent at the net

passing note

Specialized

1 7.2

A small note between two main notes in a melody that connects them smoothly

passing tone

Specialized

1 7.8

A note played between two main notes to make the tune move smoothly

buck-passing culture

7.9

A workplace culture where people avoid responsibility by blaming others

passing beam headlamp

5.6

A light on a car that makes a low beam to light the road without hurting other drivers' eyes

passing water

8.2

To let out urine from the body

How Adequate

excellent

∞ 1.0

good

Informal

927 7.9

acceptable

392 2.5

passing

8 1.7

satisfactory

73 2.3

borderline

58 5.3

Surface Forms

passing positive

Morphology

passing = pass (semi-transparent) = pass + ing

While the formation is clear, the specific meaning of 'satisfactory' is not a direct derivation from 'pass'.

Etymology

Passing comes from pass, which also means 'to succeed' or 'to be allowed to go on'. A passing grade is one that lets you move on, so passing here means good enough to continue.