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Definitions for Passage

[1] a portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.: a passage of Scripture.
[2] a phrase or other division of a musical work.
[3] Fine Arts . an area, section, or detail of a work, especially with respect to its qualities of execution: passages of sensitive brushwork.
[4] an act or instance of passing from one place, condition, etc., to another; transit.
[5] the permission, right, or freedom to pass: to refuse passage through a territory.
[6] the route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.
[7] a hall or corridor; passageway.
[8] an opening or entrance into, through, or out of something: the nasal passages.
[9] a voyage by water from one point to another: a rough passage across the English Channel.
[10] the privilege of conveyance as a passenger: to book passage on an ocean liner.
[11] the price charged for accommodation on a ship; fare.
[12] a lapse or passing, as of time.
[13] a progress or course, as of events.
[14] the enactment into law of a legislative measure.
[15] an interchange of communications, confidences, etc., between persons.
[16] an exchange of blows; altercation or dispute: a passage at arms.
[17] the act of causing something to pass; transference; transmission.
[18] an evacuation of the bowels.
[19] an occurrence, incident, or event.
[20] to make a passage; cross; pass; voyage.
[21] a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
[22] (of a horse) to execute such a movement.
[23] (of a rider) to cause a horse to execute such a movement.
[24] to cause (a horse) to passage.
[25] a channel, opening, etc, through or by which a person or thing may pass
[26] music a section or division of a piece, movement, etc
[27] a way, as in a hall or lobby
[28] a section of a written work, speech, etc, esp one of moderate length
[29] a journey, esp by ship the outward passage took a week
[30] the act or process of passing from one place, condition, etc, to another passage of a gas through a liquid
[31] the permission, right, or freedom to pass to be denied passage through a country
[32] the enactment of a law or resolution by a legislative or deliberative body
[33] an evacuation of the bowels
[34] rare an exchange or interchange, as of blows, words, etc (esp in the phrase passage of arms )
[35] a sideways walk in which diagonal pairs of feet are lifted alternately
[36] a cadenced lofty trot, the moment of suspension being clearly defined
[37] to move or cause to move at a passage

Words related to Passage

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Words nearby Passage

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Origin of Passage

21790–1800; < French passager (v.), variant of passéger < Italian passeggiare to walk; see pace1

Word origin for Passage

C18: from French passager, variant of passéger, from Italian passeggiare to take steps, ultimately from Latin passūs step, pace 1

Synonyms for Passage

clause, paragraph, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse, extract, piece