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PASSING COMMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passing comment mean? 

PASSING COMMENT (noun)
  The noun PASSING COMMENT has 1 sense:

1. an incidental remarkplay

  Familiarity information: PASSING COMMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PASSING COMMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An incidental remark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

obiter dictum; passing comment

Hypernyms ("passing comment" is a kind of...):

comment; input; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)


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