Acting and Passing

Acting

Acting adjective - Serving in a position for the time being.

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Passing and acting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead an adjective "Acting".

Nearby Words: act, action, active, acted, actor

Passing adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

Usage example: his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy

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Acting and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acting" instead an adjective "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

short	short acting	short passing
simple	simple acting	simple passing
poor	poor acting	poor passing
actual	actual acting	actual passing
Other adjectives: large, great, excellent, early, later, last.

Just a voice actress passing through...Christine Auten is one of the unsung heroes of anime voice acting.

Source: Creator / Christine Auten
Its starts with Wolf getting picked up by his chauffeur and him acting crazy that Wolfe flags down the next passing car which happens to be driven by Jaleel White (aka Urkel).

Source: Humiliation Conga / Film
Computers: two or more of his computers acting up in Early July 2010 caused sleepless nights, and before that the untimely passing of his gaming rig.

Source: Tropers / RAM Ch YLD

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