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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/ ˈæɪ /
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 )
passage
2/ ˈpæsɑːʒ; ˈæɪ /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of passage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of passage1
Origin of passage2
Example Sentences
And it has a bonus feature: a state-funded fish passage constructed under Highway 101 in 2008, which improved fish movement between the stream and the ocean.
The passage of great TV characters bequeaths to their survivors, including the audience, a rummage of questions that end up shaping their journey.
They were not recovered until a week after the incident because international agencies, including the UN, could not organise safe passage to the area or locate the spot.
Sonenshein also pointed to the recent passage of Measure G, which over the next eight years will expand and potentially transform the county’s government by adding four new supervisors and a county executive.
Someone had the unsettling idea to play a recording of Aldous reading from his novel “Time Must Have a Stop” — a passage about a character's journey into the afterlife.
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