passing

Definitions

1. outcome
2. Death, dying; the end of something.
   countable, uncountable
3. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
   countable, uncountable
4. dénouement (conclusion or resolution of a plot)
5. The act of approving a bill etc.
   countable, uncountable
6. The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
   countable, uncountable
7. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
8. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
   countable, uncountable
9. third-person singular imperative
10. The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“And since he did not see⟳ Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have⟳ seen her either.”

“But capital was proving difficult to raise⟳; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate⟳ the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.”

“When there is a discrepancy between an individual's actual social identity and his virtual one, it is possible for this fact to be known to us before we normals contact⟳ him, or to be quite evident when he presents himself before us. He is a discredited person, and it is mainly he I have⟳ been dealing with until now. … However, when his differentness is not immediately apparent, and is not known beforehand, … he is a discreditable, not a discredited person …. The issue⟳ is … that of managing information about his failing. To display or not to display; to tell⟳ or not to tell⟳; to let⟳ on or not to let⟳ on; to lie⟳ or not to lie⟳; and in each case, to whom, how, when, and where. … It is this second general issue⟳, the management of undisclosed discrediting information about self, that I am focusing on in these notes - in brief, 'passing'.”

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