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Translating from English to Greek

Translations:

pass — to move past, go by
→ περνάω (pernáo)
pass — opening, road, or track, available for passing
→ διάβαση (diávasi) f
→ πέρασμα (pérasma) n
→ στενό (stenó) n
pass — to go through any inspection or test successfully
→ περνάω (pernáo)
→ επιτυγχάνω (epityncháno)

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

    • “the coach sent in a passing play on third and long”
    Synonymspasspassing playpassing game
  2. euphemistic expressions for death

    • “thousands mourned his passing”
  3. the motion of one object relative to another

    • “stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”
    Synonymspassage
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  1. the end of something

    • “the passing of winter”
  2. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

    • “the passage of air from the lungs”
    • “the passing of flatus”
    Synonymspassage
  3. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

    • “she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me”
    Synonymsovertaking
  4. success in satisfying a test or requirement

    • “his future depended on his passing that test”
    • “he got a pass in introductory chemistry”

ADJECTIVE 4

  1. lasting a very short time

    • “the ephemeral joys of childhood”
    • “a passing fancy”
    • “youth's transient beauty”
    • “love is transitory but it is eternal”
    • “fugacious blossoms”
  2. of advancing the ball by throwing it

    • “a team with a good passing attack”
    • “a pass play”
    Synonymspass
  3. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

    • “a passing grade”
  4. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

    • “a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws”
    • “a passing glance”
    • “perfunctory courtesy”

ADVERB 1

  1. to an extreme degree

    • “extremely cold”
    • “extremely unpleasant”