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passage
1[ pas-ij ]
noun
- a portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.:
a passage of Scripture.
- a phrase or other division of a musical work.
- Fine Arts. an area, section, or detail of a work, especially with respect to its qualities of execution:
passages of sensitive brushwork.
- an act or instance of passing from one place, condition, etc., to another; transit.
- the permission, right, or freedom to pass:
to refuse passage through a territory.
- the route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.
- a hall or corridor; passageway.
- an opening or entrance into, through, or out of something:
the nasal passages.
- a voyage by water from one point to another:
a rough passage across the English Channel.
- the privilege of conveyance as a passenger:
to book passage on an ocean liner.
- the price charged for accommodation on a ship; fare.
- a lapse or passing, as of time.
- a progress or course, as of events.
- the enactment into law of a legislative measure.
- an interchange of communications, confidences, etc., between persons.
- an exchange of blows; altercation or dispute:
a passage at arms.
- the act of causing something to pass; transference; transmission.
- an evacuation of the bowels.
- an occurrence, incident, or event.
passage
2[ pas-ij, puh-sahzh ]
noun
- a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
verb (used without object)
- (of a horse) to execute such a movement.
- (of a rider) to cause a horse to execute such a movement.
verb (used with object)
- to cause (a horse) to passage.
passage
1/ ˈpæsɑːʒ; ˈpæsɪdʒ /
noun
- a sideways walk in which diagonal pairs of feet are lifted alternately
- a cadenced lofty trot, the moment of suspension being clearly defined
verb
- to move or cause to move at a passage
passage
2/ ˈpæsɪdʒ /
noun
- a channel, opening, etc, through or by which a person or thing may pass
- music a section or division of a piece, movement, etc
- a way, as in a hall or lobby
- a section of a written work, speech, etc, esp one of moderate length
- a journey, esp by ship
the outward passage took a week
- the act or process of passing from one place, condition, etc, to another
passage of a gas through a liquid
- the permission, right, or freedom to pass
to be denied passage through a country
- the enactment of a law or resolution by a legislative or deliberative body
- an evacuation of the bowels
- rare.an exchange or interchange, as of blows, words, etc (esp in the phrase passage of arms )
Word History and Origins
Origin of passage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of passage1
Origin of passage2
Example Sentences
She fails to appreciate the congressional and constitutional obstacles Johnson had to overcome to win passage of the bill.
One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.
In the neighborhoods they grow up in, prison is a rite of passage and being a street gangster is a viable career choice.
That morning, he sat in the windowsill and began his day like every other: reading the Bible passage that coincided with the date.
Henry Hudson sailed from Gravesend on his first voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage to India.
That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
This work is now lost, and we know it only by the abstract given by Photius in the passage quoted.
Capt. Ross sailed from Shetland, on his first voyage for the discovery of the north-west passage.
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