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{
"term": "passing",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the process of time going by",
"sensetop": "the passing of time/the years",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The colour of the wood darkens with the passing of time."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["untimely"],
"verb + passing": ["lament", "mourn", "mark"],
"phrases": ["the passing of the years", "the passing of time"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the fact of something ending or of somebody dying",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the government is finally brought down, no one will mourn its passing."
},
{
"text": "the passing of the old year *(= on New Year’s Eve)*"
},
{
"text": "Many will mourn her passing *(= her death, when you do not want to say this directly)*."
},
{
"text": "Few will mourn his passing."
},
{
"text": "Her death marks the passing of an era."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["untimely"],
"verb + passing": ["lament", "mourn", "mark"],
"phrases": ["the passing of the years", "the passing of time"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of making something become a law",
"sensetop": "the passing of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the passing of a resolution/law"
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "done or said when your main focus is something different",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He only mentioned it in passing and didn't give any details."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pa/passing/passing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pa/passing/passing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}