Betekenis van passing In het Nederlands

• 0 in sports, the act of kicking, throwing, or hitting the ball to someone in your own team:

  • Accurate passing is key in netball.

  • There was some slick passing in midfield.

• 1 the act of giving something to someone:

  • To me, it's like the passing of a baton.

  • His method is to organise the passing of a bribe at the official's home.

  • There were multiple passings of the collection plate around the congregation.

  • The Court has the power to suspend the passing of sentence.

  • This kind of behaviour will not be tolerated and the only way that can be made plain is by the passing of a custodial sentence.

• 2 the act of giving approval to something, especially by voting to make it law:

  • The Financial Times reported the passing of a banking act intended to speed the privatization of Hungary's banks.

  • Foxhunters' Chase will continue to be so named despite the passing of a bill to outlaw foxhunting.

  • There have been enough passings of stupid laws.

• 3 the act of being successful in an exam, a course, etc.:

  • Academic credits refer to credits earned upon the successful passing of a course.

  • The news that a certain amount of legal knowledge would be required, and even the passing of a few exams, killed their interest.

• 4 the act of going past a person or thing:

  • Ahead, a closed level-crossing gate promised the imminent passing of a train.

  • The leaves on a tree tremble at the passing of a breath of wind.

  • He must depart from the slight path that his passings have worn in the rock surface.

  • The moves follow the passing of yesterday's 5pm deadline for bids.

  • The safe homecoming represented the passing of a critical milestone for Nasa.

  • When asked if he had told the police about the incident, Mr Banks said he had mentioned it in passing to a detective.

• 5 the process of time passing:

  • My parents seem to have mellowed with the passing of the years.

  • Ten years after her death, the public still mourns her passing.

  • the passing of the old year

  • There have been a few tragic passings this year in our family.

• 6 a situation in which a person who belongs to a particular group is believed by other people to be a member of a different group, for example a different race:

  • Reasons for passing are deeply individual.

  • Most often, racial passing means black passing for white, usually out of economic or social necessity.

  • Passing as straight is not something I choose.

• 7 moving past:

  • A passing motorist stopped and gave her a lift to the nearby town.

• 8 lasting only for a short time and not important or complete:

  • I gave the restaurant a passing glance as I walked by, but I didn't notice who was in there.

  • The matter is only of passing scientific interest.

  • The situation seems to become more hopeless with each/every passing day.

• 9 someone’s death:

  • We note with sorrow the passing of Raymond Wilson, a member of the board.