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adjective
- 1. lasting for a very short time: "for a fleeting moment I saw the face of a boy"
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adjective. uk / ˈfliː.tɪŋ / us / ˈfliː.t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list. short or quick: a fleeting glimpse. This is just a fleeting visit. Synonyms. brief (SHORT IN TIME) ephemeral. evanescent formal. fugitive (TEMPORARY) formal. momentary. passing. short-lived. transient formal. transitory formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
The meaning of FLEETING is passing swiftly : transitory. How to use fleeting in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fleeting.
Fleeting definition: passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory. See examples of FLEETING used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈfliː.t̬ɪŋ / uk / ˈfliː.tɪŋ / Add to word list. short or quick: a fleeting glimpse. This is just a fleeting visit. Synonyms. brief (SHORT IN TIME) ephemeral. evanescent formal. fugitive (TEMPORARY) formal. momentary. passing. short-lived. transient formal. transitory formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Fleeting is an adjective that describes something that happens really fast, or something that doesn’t last as long as you’d like. Driving in a car on the highway, you see a unicorn in the woods, but you only get a fleeting glimpse of it because you’re driving too fast.
(fliːtɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Fleeting is used to describe something which lasts only for a very short time. The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver. She wondered for a fleeting moment if he would put his arm around her. Synonyms: momentary, short, passing, flying More Synonyms of fleeting.
Define fleeting. fleeting synonyms, fleeting pronunciation, fleeting translation, English dictionary definition of fleeting. adj. Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign. fleet′ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
