Definitions of Passage [ˈpæs ɪdʒ]

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Definition of 'Passage'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) passage
a portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.:
a passage of Scripture.

2.  passage
a phrase or other division of a musical work.

3.  passage
an act or instance of passing from one place, condition, etc., to another.

4.  passage
the permission, right, or freedom to pass.

5.  passage
the route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.

6.  passage
a hall or corridor; passageway.

7.  passage
an opening or entrance into, through, or out of something:
the nasal passages.

8.  passage
a voyage by water.

9.  passage
the accommodation on a ship.

10.  passage
the price charged for such accommodation.

11.  passage
a lapse or passing, as of time.

12.  passage
a progress or course, as of events.

13.  passage
the enactment into law of a legislative measure.

14.  passage
an interchange of communications, confidences, etc., between persons.

15.  passage
an exchange of blows; altercation or dispute:
a passage at arms.

16.  passage
the act of causing something to pass; transference; transmission.

17.  passage
an occurrence, incident, or event.

18. (v.i.) passage
to make a passage; cross; pass.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF, =pass(er) to pass+-age -age)

Definition of 'Passage'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) passage, transition
the act of passing from one state or place to the next

2. (noun) passage
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

3. (noun) passage
a way through or along which someone or something may pass

4. (noun) enactment, passage
the passing of a law by a legislative body

5. (noun) passage, transit
a journey usually by ship
"the outward passage took 10 days"

6. (noun) passage, musical passage
a short section of a musical composition

7. (noun) passage, passageway
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
"the nasal passages"

8. (noun) passage, passing
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
"the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

9. (noun) passing, passage
the motion of one object relative to another
"stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

10. (noun) passage, handing over
the act of passing something to another person

Definition of 'Passage'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) passage
a long narrow enclosed area leading from one place to another
a secret passage under the house

2.  passage
a section of a piece of writing or music
a passage from the novel/symphony

3.  passage
a movement from one place or state to another
their passage through the jungles of Africa; a father's passage through grief

4.  passage
one of the tubes in your body
the nasal passages

5.  passage
the passage of time
the passing of time
ways of measuring the passage of time

Definition of 'Passage'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Passage
the act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body

2. (verb) Passage
transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance

3. (verb) Passage
price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage

4. (verb) Passage
removal from life; decease; departure; death

5. (verb) Passage
way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor

6. (verb) Passage
a continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time

7. (verb) Passage
a separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed

8. (verb) Passage
a particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause

9. (verb) Passage
reception; currency

10. (verb) Passage
a pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms

11. (verb) Passage
a movement or an evacuation of the bowels

12. (verb) Passage
in parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed

Translation of 'Passage'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long narrow way through, eg a corridor through a building There was a dark passage leading down to the river between tall buildings.
Afrikaans: gangetjie	Arabic: مَمَر، مَمْشى	Bulgarian: проход
Brazilian: passagem	Czech: průchod, chodba, pasáž	German: der Durchgang
Danish: korridor; passage	Greek: πέρασμα, δίοδος, διάδρομο	Spanish: pasillo, pasadizo
Estonian: läbikäik, väil	Farsi: راهرو	Finnish: käytävä
French: passage	Hebrew: מֲעָבר, פָסאז'	Hindi: गलियारा
Croatian: prolaz, prijelaz	Hungarian: átjáró	Indonesian: lorong
Icelandic: gangur, húsasund	Italian: passaggio	Japanese: 通路
Korean: 통로	Lithuanian: perėja, koridorius, pasaž	Latvian: eja; gaitenis
Malay: laluan	Dutch: doorgang	Norwegian: (gjennom)gang, passasje
Polish: przejście	Persian: راهرو	Pashto: ګودر، لار، سړك، تيريدونكى
Portuguese: passagem	Romanian: pasaj	Russian: проход;коридор
Slovak: priechod; chodba	Slovenian: prehod	Serbian: prolaz
Swedish: passage, [genom]gång	Thai: ทางเดินแคบ ๆ	Turkish: geçit
Taiwanese: 通道	Ukrainian: прохід, проїзд	Urdu: راستہ، گذرگاہ
Vietnamese: lối đi	Chinese: 通道
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