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Meaning of "in passing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IN PASSING

in passing play
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WHAT DOES IN PASSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

En passant

En passant is a move in chess. It is a special pawn capture, which can only occur immediately after a pawn moves two ranks forward from its starting position, and an enemy pawn could have captured it had the pawn moved only one square forward. The opponent captures the just-moved pawn "as it passes" through the first square. The resulting position is the same as if the pawn had moved only one square forward and the enemy pawn had captured it normally. The en passant capture must be made at the very next turn, or the right to do so is lost. It is the only occasion in chess in which a piece is captured but is not replaced on its square by the capturing piece. Like any other move, if an en passant capture is the only legal move available, it must be made. En passant capture is a common theme in chess compositions. The en passant capture rule was added in the 15th century when the rule that gave pawns an initial double-step move was introduced. It prevents a pawn from using the two-square advance to pass an adjacent enemy pawn without the risk of being captured.

Definition of in passing in the English dictionary

The definition of in passing in the dictionary is by the way; incidentally.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN PASSING

in parenthesis
in part
in particular
in perpetuity
in perpetuum
in person
in personam
in petto
in phase
in place of
in plenty
in pocket
in point of
in posse
in principle
in print
in private
in progress
in propria persona
in pup

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN PASSING

addressing
advertising
blessing
crossing
data processing
data-processing
depressing
distressing
dressing
embarrassing
food processing
hairdressing
harassing
hissing
image processing
information processing
missing
passing
pressing
processing
word processing

Synonyms and antonyms of in passing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «IN PASSING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «in passing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of in passing

Translation of «in passing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN PASSING

Find out the translation of in passing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in passing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «in passing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在传球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de pasada
570 millions of speakers

English

in passing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पासिंग में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشكل عابر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мимоходом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de passagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্দিষ্টভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en passant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Khususnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

im Vorbeigehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ついでに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지나가는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing tartamtu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிப்பாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विशेषतः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özellikle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di passaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mimochodem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мимохідь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în treacăt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εν παρόδω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in die verbygaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i förbigående
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i forbifarten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in passing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN PASSING»

The term «in passing» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.505 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IN PASSING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in passing

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10 QUOTES WITH «IN PASSING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word in passing.
1
Bud Abbott
Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time.
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Archibald Cox
Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.
3
Doug Flutie
Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.
4
Thierry Henry
I am a believer in passing the ball on the ground, I was lucky to be part of teams like that at Arsenal, with the French national team and with Monaco and at Barcelona. I know you can win in other ways, but I believe that is the way football should be played.
5
Monte Irvin
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.
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Al Jarreau
I'm not sure it's a better music world of appreciation and performance. I think the listener is a different guy, and listening is something he does in passing, with other stuff going on. There's less care and understanding of the relationship between the song and the listener.
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Bobby Jindal
Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
8
Mark Kennedy
Just last week, I was successful in passing two bi-partisan amendments through the House of Representatives that aim to address the even larger problem of cracking down on countries who export the materials to create meth into the United States.
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Petrarch
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Kurt Schrader
I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve to be paid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN PASSING»

Discover the use of in passing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in passing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: America in Passing
This title brings together the images from Cartier-Bresson's various assignments in the United States, which he first visited in the mid-1930s. Spanning several decades, these works show the rich social diversity of American society.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1996
2
A Murder in Passing: A Sam Blackman Mystery
While hunting mushrooms on the site of a historic, freed-slave commune called The Kingdom of the Happy Land, Detective Sam Blackman stumbles upon a skeleton that is linked to Marsha Montgomery's white father and her mother's lover in 1967.
Mark De Castrique, 2013
3
In Passing: Condolences and Complaints on Death, Dying, and ...
This book, like life, is brief.
Jon Winokur, 2005
4
Passing
Generally regarded as Nella Larsen's best work, Passing was first published in 1929 but has received a lot of renewed attention because of its close examination of racial and sexual ambiguities.
Nella Larsen, 2013
5
Theatre in Passing: A Moscow Photo-diary
Inspired by French philosopher Michel de Certeau’s model of a "second, poetic geography" in which the walker—the everyday practitioner—invents the space observed by the voyeur, this book takes the reader on a tour of spaces of ...
Elena Siemens, 2011
6
In passing: a book about death
Cultural Writing. Poetry. This book explores our complicated interactions with the images, and memories of death.
Todd Herman, Jay Ruby, 2005
7
Love Once in Passing
This is book one in Jo Ann Simon's acclaimed time travel romance first published in the early 1980s.
Jo Ann Simon, 2002
8
Master Life: Experience Joy in Passing Your Life Lessons, ...
We are all Masters, however we need to express that out in every aspect of our lives towards others. This book is a sort of a guide on ways we can master our own emotions and also holds the keys to eternal joy and soul accomplishment.
Pavasuth Sooksatit, 2012
9
A troll in passing
Morgan comes to realize that he is not like the other trolls and after several unusual adventures leaves the troll caves for a new life outside.
Stephen Krensky, 1980
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Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception ...
In Passing Strange, noted historian Martha A. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively American tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race- a story that spans the long century from Civil War to civil ...
Martha A. Sandweiss, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN PASSING»

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Palmer boy throws rock, injures woman in passing car - Mat-Su …
PALMER — A 47-year-old woman was injured Sunday when a teenage boy threw a rock that broke the back window of the car in which she ... «Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Jul 15»
2
Top 10 QB ranking: How many will have a better year than Tony …
A little low for Brees, who tied for the league-lead in passing yards last year. However, I think the Saints will lean more on the run and Brees' ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
3
Going deep: Southmoore finishes summer with tons of depth in
Going deep: Southmoore finishes summer with tons of depth in passing positions. Southmoore's Quindon Lewis pulls in a pass July 8 during a ... «Moore American, Jul 15»
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Scene In Passing: Beware Greeks bearing promissory notes
Log in with a subscription to read the full story. Each user who logs in with a subscription will be entered in a monthly drawing.*. Logging in with ... «Nevada Appeal, Jul 15»
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Colts QB Andrew Luck finished third in passing last season with …
Andrew Luck has been sniffing the passing title ever since coming into the NFL. In the 2014-15 season he was third in the NFL with 4,761. «Covers.com, Jul 15»
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Opinion: Street people I have known in passing
The recent news reports about Montreal's census of the homeless got me thinking back to a man I used to see almost every evening. «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
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Football: Rams' quarterbacks compete in passing league
HAVELOCK | Playing quarterback for the Havelock Rams comes with lofty expectations. The last three have won state championships. «New Bern Sun Journal, Jul 15»
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PJP II, Westmoreland face off in passing-league action
The two teams squared off in passing-league action on Tuesday evening at the Jim Carrell Athletic Complex, and predictably, it was the Knights ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
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SMCC entertains California school in passing scrimmage
The St. Mary Central Catholic football team entertained Rio Hondo Prep School from Californida Wednesday afternoon during a passing ... «Sandusky Register, Jul 15»
10
Doughty to participate in Manning Passing Academy
Doughty enters 2015 as the nation's active career leader in passing yards (7,800) and touchdown passes (63). From Davie, Fla., and North ... «WBKO, Jul 15»

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