passage

Noun

1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
2. Part of a path or journey.
3. An incident or episode.
4. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
5. The advance of time.
6. The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
7. A passageway or corridor.
8. A strait or other narrow waterway.
9. An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
10. (euphemistic) The vagina.
11. The act of passing; movement across or through.
12. The right to pass from one place to another.
13. A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
14. Serial passage.
15. (historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.

Verb

1. To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
2. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.

Adj

Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.

Verb

To execute a passage movement.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).

Synonyms

way

pass

corridor

path

🛣️

route

passing

paragraph

transition

road

🛣️

course

transit

crossing

passageway

pathway

section

alley

thoroughfare

track

part

hall

channel

extract

excerpt

duct

entrance

alleyway

canal

access

movement

gangway

fare

opening

voyage

place

aisle

outlet

avenue

lane

waterway

article

hallway

roadway

enactment

doorway

gallery

passage-way

piece

point

bit

portion

Sentences

A passage leads from the north side of the church to the vicarage .