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Fleeting — ist der Name folgender Personen: Jim Fleeting (* 1955), schottischer Fußballspieler Julie Fleeting (* 1980), schottische Fußballspielerin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort b … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fleeting — Fleet ing, a. Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments. Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fleeting — index brief, elusive, ephemeral, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
fleeting — (adj.) early 13c., fickle, shifting, unstable, from O.E. fleotende floating, drifting, later flying, moving swiftly, from prp. of fleotan (see FLEET (Cf. fleet) (v.)). Meaning existing only briefly is from 1560s … Etymology dictionary
fleeting — evanescent, fugitive, passing, transitory, *transient, ephemeral, momentary, short lived Antonyms: lasting … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fleeting — [adj] brief, transient cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan*, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile; concepts… … New thesaurus
fleeting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lasting for a very short time. DERIVATIVES fleetingly adverb … English terms dictionary
fleeting — [flēt′iŋ] adj. [OE fleotende, floating: see FLEET2] passing swiftly; not lasting SYN. TRANSIENT fleetingly adv. fleetingness n … English World dictionary
fleeting — fleet|ing [ flitıŋ ] adjective continuing for only a very short time: He made only a fleeting reference to his resignation. fleeting glimpse: She caught a fleeting glimpse of him as he rounded the corner. fleeting moment: For a fleeting moment… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fleeting — UK [ˈfliːtɪŋ] / US [ˈflɪtɪŋ] adjective continuing for only a very short time He made only a fleeting reference to his resignation. fleeting glimpse: She caught a fleeting glimpse of him as he rounded the corner. fleeting moment: For a fleeting… … English dictionary
fleeting — fleet|ing [ˈfli:tıŋ] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: fleet to go quickly (16 19 centuries), from Old English fleotan to float ] lasting for only a short time = ↑brief ▪ a fleeting smile ▪ For one fleeting moment , Paula… … Dictionary of contemporary English
