All English words - page 2622

Meanings of Passimeter:

noun

A machine which issues tickets to passengers boarding public transport and records the numbers travelling.

Meanings of Passing:

adjective

Going past.

Usage examples:

Passing cars

noun

The passage of something, especially time.

Usage examples:

With the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

Meanings of Passing-away:

phrasal verb

To die

Usage examples:

Her father passed away last week.

Meanings of Passing-fancy:

phrase

Something that you like very much for a short period

Usage examples:

But for me, parachuting was no passing fancy., musical comedies are popular at the moment, but it c…

Meanings of Passing-out:

noun

The act of leaving a military college after successfully finishing the course

Usage examples:

His parents attended the passing-out ceremony.

Meanings of Passing-round:

phrasal verb

To offer something to each person in a group of people

Usage examples:

The managing editor passed the copy around to get feedback.

Meanings of Passingness:

noun

Transient quality; transitoriness.

Meanings of Passings:

noun

Someone’s death

Usage examples:

We note with sorrow the passing of raymond wilson, a member of the board.

Meanings of Passion-for:

phrase

An extreme interest in or wish for doing something, such as a hobby, activity, etc.

Usage examples:

Anton has a consuming passion for science fiction., he lives in the countryside and has a passion f…

Meanings of Passional:

adjective

Relating to or marked by passion.

Usage examples:

A current of passional electric energy

noun

A book about the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days.

Usage examples:

A group of manuscripts made for the dowager queen eliska rejka 1315-23 show first-hand knowledge of…

Meanings of Passionary:

noun

A book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days; a martyrology. in early use also (occasionally): a written account of a particular saint's life.

Meanings of Passioned:

adjective

Affected with or marked by passion; dominated by passion or strong feeling; impassioned.

Meanings of Passionfruit:

noun

The edible purple fruit of a kind of passion flower that is grown commercially, especially in tropical america and the caribbean.

Meanings of Passionist:

noun

A member of the congregation of the passion, a religious order devoted to keeping alive the memory of christ's passion, founded by paolo francesco danei (st paul of the cross) in italy in 1720.

adjective

Of or relating to a passionist or passionists.

Meanings of Passionless:

adjective

Lacking strong emotion; unemotional.

Usage examples:

The voice is passionless, monotone

Meanings of Passionlessly:

adverb

In a passionless manner; having or expressing no passion, enthusiasm, or excitement.

Meanings of Passionlessness:

noun

The state or condition of being or appearing passionless.

Meanings of Passionometer:

noun

An (especially imaginary) instrument used to measure passion or emotion.

Meanings of Passival:

adjective

Designating an intransitive verb with a passive meaning. now rare (chiefly historical with reference to henry sweet).

Meanings of Passive:

adjective

Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Usage examples:

The women were portrayed as passive victims

noun

Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them ).

Lacking in energy or will

Meanings of Passively:

adverb

In an accepting manner, without active response or resistance.

Usage examples:

We don't have to sit passively by while others decide our fate

Meanings of Passives:

noun

A passive form of a verb.

Usage examples:

It was thought to be characterized by a fairly high proportion of such features as subordinate clau…

adjective

Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Usage examples:

The women were portrayed as passive victims

Meanings of Passivist:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characterized by an opposition to war or violence; pacifist.

noun

A person who is passive, especially one who allows things to happen without taking active measures to resist or alter them.

Meanings of Passivity:

noun

Acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance.

Usage examples:

The perceived passivity of the populace is deceptive

Meanings of Passkeys:

noun

A key to the door of a restricted area, given only to those who are officially allowed access.

Usage examples:

I was able to use my pass key to get into the storage room