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

passing

11 3.2

The act of moving past another vehicle to get in front

noun
/ˈpæsɪŋ/

: adelantamiento

Oncoming vehicle in the passing lane.

Examples

As he hangs on, a station wagon overtakes the Peterbilt in the passing lane.

Fiction book (1997)
She carefully glanced at her mirrors before passing the car in front of her.
All we can hear are the sounds of the engine, the road, and other passing cars.

Fiction book (1993)
There was a green car behind us in the passing lane.

Fiction book (1992)
By the time the passing vehicle was out of sight, she was out of the car.

Fiction book (1991)
Approaching cars keep misjudging the passing distance, forcing Melody to brake and me to lose my place.

Fiction book (1992)
Brian's leaning on the boat railing, watching the passing parade of rich and beautiful people.

Fiction book (1991)
The driver signaled before entering the passing lane to overtake the slow-moving truck.
During the race, I had to focus on passing other competitors without losing speed.

Synonyms

overtaking

vspassing

1 2.5

Going past another vehicle to get in front of it while driving

is the general act of getting in front of another moving vehicle

Idioms

in passing

27 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

1 4.4

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

husband's passing

1 5.6

The death of a woman's husband

passing comment

1 3.3

A short casual remark that someone says without thinking

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

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 note

Specialized

7.2

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

passing tone

Specialized

7.8

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

passing water

8.2

To let out urine from the body

Surface Forms

passing singular

passings plural

Morphology

passing = pass (transparent) = pass + ing

A nominalization/gerund of 'pass' referring to the action of overtaking another vehicle, which is directly inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Passing comes from pass, which means 'to go ahead of' or 'move by'. On the road, a passing is when one vehicle goes in front of another, so the word names the act of overtaking.