- passage
- [[t]pæ̱sɪʤ[/t]]
♦♦♦passages1) N-COUNT A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, which connects one place or room with another.
Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.
...up some stairs and along a narrow passage towards a door.
Syn:passageway, corridor2) N-COUNT: usu with supp A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest.He reads a passage from Milton.
...the passage in which Blake spoke of the world of imagination...
Compare the following passages.
Syn:excerpt, extract3) N-COUNT: usu supp N A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, which air or liquid can pass along....cells that line the air passages.
...blocked nasal passages.
4) N-COUNT: oft N through n A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them.He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets...
Two men suddenly elbowed a passage through the shoppers.
Syn:5) N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another.Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain...
The passage of heat through rock is extremely slow.
Syn:6) N-UNCOUNT: usu N from/to n, oft with poss The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another....to ease their passage to a market economy.
...the passage from school to college.
Syn:7) N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n The passage of a bill or act is the official acceptance of it by a parliament or legislature.It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
Syn:8) N-SING: the N of n The passage of a period of time is its passing.An asset that increases in value with the passage of time.
...after the passage of eighteen months.
Syn:9) N-COUNT A passage is a journey by ship.We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Swansea.
Syn:10) N-UNCOUNT: oft N prep If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it.Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna...
You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.
English dictionary. 2008.
