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pas·sage 1 (p s  j)n.1. The act or process of passing, especially: a. A movement from one place to another, as by going by, through, over, or across; transit or migration. b. The process of elapsing: the passage of time. c. The process of passing from one condition or stage to another; transition: the passage from childhood to adulthood. d. Enactment into law of a legislative measure. 2. A journey, especially one by air or water: a rough passage on the stormy sea. 3. The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship: book passage; pay for one's passage. 4. The right, permission, or power to come and go freely: Only medical supply trucks were granted safe passage through enemy territory. 5. a. A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass: the nasal passages. b. A corridor. See Synonyms at way. 6. a. An occurrence or event: "Another encouraging passage took place . . . when heads of state . . . took note of the extraneous factors affecting their economies that are beyond their control" Helen Kitchen. b. Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons: a passage at arms. 7. a. A segment of a written work or speech: a celebrated passage from Shakespeare. b. Music A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer: a passage of exquisite beauty, played to perfection. c. A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail. 8. Physiology An act of emptying, as of the bowels. 9. Biology The process of passing or maintaining a group of microorganisms or cells through a series of hosts or cultures. 10. Obsolete Death.
[Middle English, from Old French, from passer, to pass; see pass.] |
passage Noun 1. a channel or opening providing a way through 2. a hall or corridor 3. a section of a written work, speech, or piece of music 4. a journey by ship 5. the act of passing from one place or condition to another: Ireland faced a tough passage to qualify for the World Cup finals 6. the right or freedom to pass: the aid convoys were guaranteed safe passage through rebel-held areas 7. the establishing of a law by a law-making body [Old French passer to pass]
Passage herons in flight (‘on passage’); the migration or migratory flight of birds. Examples: passage of herons, 1879; of migrating birds, 1774.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  passage - the act of passing from one state or place to the nextchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics segue - the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another | | 2. | passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium lengthtext, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" place - the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" transition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" | | 3. | passage - a way through or along which someone or something may passadit - a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine aisle - a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) channel - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" fish ladder - a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings right of way - the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass shaft - a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel throat - a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | | 4. | passage - the passing of a law by a legislative bodylaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | 5. |  passage - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"lockage - passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | | 6. | passage - a short section of a musical compositionallegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow intro - a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music cadence - the close of a musical section cadenza - a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" recitative - a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech impromptu - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation | | 7. | passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"birth canal - a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth meatus - a natural body passageway orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" sinusoid - tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ carpal tunnel - a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass root canal - the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity epicardia - the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach fauces - the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx sinus, fistula - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" | | 8. | passage - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"response, reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" | | 9. | passage - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | | 10. |  passage - the act of passing something to another personbringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" relay - the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful" |
passage noun 1. corridor, hallway, passageway, hall, lobby, entrance, exit, doorway, aisle, entrance hall, vestibule noun 2. alley, way, opening, close Brit. course, road, channel, route, path, lane, avenue, thoroughfare noun 3. extract, reading, piece, section, sentence, text, clause, excerpt, paragraph, verse, quotation noun 6. establishment, passing, legislation, sanction, approval, acceptance, adoption, ratification, enactment, authorization, validation, legalization noun 8. safe-conduct, right to travel, freedom to travel, permission to travel, authorization to travel  Translationspassage [ˈpæsɪdʒ] n (also: passageway) → couloir m; passage [ˈpæsɪdʒ] n → Gang m; ( in book) → Passage f (= way through crowd etc, Anat); Weg m (= act of passing) [ of train etc] → Durchfahrt f (= journey) ( on boat) → Überfahrt f
passagen passage [ˈpӕsidʒ]1 a long narrow way through, eg a corridor through a building There was a dark passage leading down to the river between tall buildings. gangetjie مَمَر، مَمْشى проход průchod, chodba, pasáž korridor; passage der Durchgang πέρασμα, δίοδος, διάδρομος pasillo, pasadizo läbikäik, väil راهرو käytävä, väylä passage מֲעָבר, פָסאז' गलियारा prolaz,prijelaz átjáró lorong gangur, húsasund passaggio 通路 통로, 복도 perėja, koridorius, pasažas eja; gaitenis laluan doorgang (gjennom)gang, passasje przejście passagem pasaj проход;коридор priechod; chodba prehod prolaz passage, []gång ทางเดินแคบ ๆ geçit 通道 прохід, проїзд راستہ، گذرگاہ lối đi 通道 2 a part of a piece of writing or music That is my favourite passage from the Bible. deel, gedeelte قِطْعَه пасаж úryvek afsnit; passage die Passage περικοπή, απόσπασμα pasaje; episodio katkend قطعه katkelma passage קֶטַע लेखांश odlomak szakasz, rész pasal kaflabrot, hluti passo １節 악절(樂節), (글의) 한 절[] ištrauka, fragmentas fragments; pasāža bahagian passage sitat, stykke, passasje wyjątek, fragment passagem pasaj отрывок; пассаж úryvok odlomek odlomak passus, avsnitt, ställe บทความ parça, pasaj (文章或樂曲的)(一)段落，(一)節 епізод; уривок عبارت کا ٹکڑا، موسيقي کا قطعہ đoạn văn/ đoạn nhạc （文章或乐曲的）（一）段落，（一）节 3 (usually of time) the act of passing the passage of time. verloop مُرور، عُبور течение míjení, plynutí gang das Vorübergehen πέρασμα, διάβα paso kulg گذشت kulku passage מַעֲבָר गुजारना prolaženje(vremena) (az idő) múlása rentang (tímans) rás il passare 経過 경과 (pra)ėjimas, (pra)važiavimas [] ritums, gaita peredaran het verstrijken gang, løp upływ passagem trecere течение míňanie, plynutie minevanje prolaženje gång, lopp การผ่าน geçme, geçiş 經過 хід گذرنے کا عمل sự trôi qua 经过 4 a journey by boat He paid for his passage by working as a steward. reis رِحْلَه прекосяване plavba overfart die Überfahrt διάπλους, ταξίδι viaje, travesía merereis سفر دریایی merimatka traversée מַסָע सफर putovanje morem (hajó)út pelayaran sigling passaggio, traversata 渡航 항해 kelionė (laivu) braukšanas maksa tambang perjalanan overtocht overfart, skipsleilighet przejazd, podróż morska passagem traversare поездка по морю plavba potovanje putovanje resa, överfart การเดินทางทางน้ำ gemi yolculuğu 航行 перевал, переправа کشتي کا سفر chuyến đi 航行
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