{
    "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
}