fleeting

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfliːtɪŋ/ Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ === Adjective === fleeting (comparative more fleeting, superlative most fleeting) Passing quickly; of short duration. Synonyms: transient, ephemeral, fugacious; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral That which flees, especially quickly; fugitive. Synonyms: runaway, fleer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === fleeting (uncountable) (US, rail transport) An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fleeting present participle and gerund of fleet