Passing

Passing may refer to:

Social identity

 * Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
 * Passing (gender), presenting oneself as being cisgender
 * Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race

Literature and film

 * Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
 * Passing (film), directed by Rebecca Hall (2021), based on Larsen's novel

Math and technology

 * Message passing, a form of communication in computer science
 * Token passing, a channel access method in telecommunications
 * Variational message passing, a mathematical technique for continuous-valued Bayesian networks

Sports

 * Passing (sports), to pass a ball or puck between members of the same team
 * Passing (American football)
 * Passing (association football), or soccer
 * Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern

Transportation

 * Passing, overtaking, the act of driving around a slower automobile
 * Passing lane, a lane on a road for use while overtaking
 * Passing loop, a section of railway where trains can pass each other

Other uses

 * Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another
 * Passing away, euphemism for "dying"
 * A syncope is an instance of passing out, also called fainting or losing consciousness
 * Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
 * Passing, a type of metallic thread used in embroidery