passage
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passage¹
- /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈpasɪd͡ʒ/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ˈpæsəd͡ʒ/ Australia
- /ˈpɛsəd͡ʒ/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æsɪdʒ
Where it comes from
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).
noun passages
- A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. passage of scripture
- Part of a path or journey. He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
- An incident or episode. But there are those who do not feel that the sordid passages of life should be kept off the stage. It is a matter of opinion.
- The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament. The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
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The advance of time.
The passage of decades has not erased the value of parental monitoring.
Similar: passing
- The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
- A passageway or corridor.
- A strait or other narrow waterway. the Northwest Passage
- An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
- The vagina. With a look of triumph that he was unable to keep from his dark eyes he slid into her passage with one smooth thrust, […]
- The act of passing; movement across or through. He claimed that he felt the passage of the knife through the ilio-cæcal valve, from the very considerable pain which it caused.
- The right to pass from one place to another.
- A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
- Serial passage.
- A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
verb passages · passaging · passaged
- To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium. He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
- To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross. They passaged to America in 1902.
adjective
- Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest. Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.
passage²
- /ˈpasɑːʒ/ UK
Where it comes from
From French passager, from Italian passeggiare.
noun passages
- A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
verb passages · passaging · passaged
- To execute a passage movement. After a spring or two, the horse passaged and reared, and lighting on a flat slab of rock which cropped up in the middle of the road, slipped sideways and fell with a loud crash […]
Passage³
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Passage West, Ireland.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: enactment, transition, transit, passing, passageway, handing over, musical passage, pipe, excerpt, text, phrase, paragraph, quotation, wording, quote, airplay
Translations
Every language
noun section of text or music
| Español | pasaje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 一節 |
| 中文 | 片斷 /片断 piànduàn, 片段 piànduàn |
| Kiswahili | mapito |
| Português | passagem, trecho |
| Français | passage |
| Deutsch | Passus |
| Italiano | passo |
| Ελληνικά | απόσπασμα apóspasma, περικοπή perikopí, χωρίο chorío, μελωδία melodía, εδάφιο edáfio |
| Русский | пасса́ж passáž, отры́вок otrývok, вы́держка výderžka |
| العربية | قِطْعَة qiṭʕa |
noun part of a journey
| Español | paso, pasada, pasamiento, recorrido, tránsito |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mapito |
| Português | passagem |
| Deutsch | Passage |
| Ελληνικά | πέρασμα pérasma, διάβαση diávasi, διέλευση diélefsi |
| Русский | перехо́д perexód, пасса́ж passáž |
noun official agreement of a bill or act
| 日本語 | 通過 tsūka |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mapito |
| Ελληνικά | ψήφιση psífisi, έγκριση égkrisi |
| Русский | приня́тие prinjátije |
Talk about this word "passage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/passage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. passage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/passage "passage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/passage.Cite this
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title = {passage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
