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US
/ˈpæsədʒ, ˈpæsɪdʒ/
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[ UK /pˈæsɪdʒ/ ]
[ UK /pˈæsɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
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a journey usually by ship
the outward passage took 10 days - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the act of passing something to another person
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the motion of one object relative to another
stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets - a short section of a musical composition
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
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a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
the nasal passages - the passing of a law by a legislative body
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a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
the passing of flatus
the passage of air from the lungs - the act of passing from one state or place to the next
How To Use passage In A Sentence
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- Certainly both the music and these performances have real rhythmic life and a good deal of energy, even if some passages are over-scored and tip over into brassy bombast.
- The greatest difficulty which presents itself in entering the southern mouth arises from what in America are termed snags, that is, large trees, the roots of which are firmly planted in the bed of the river, whilst the branches project up the stream, and are likely to pierce any boat in its passage down. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
- Indeed, "My mother said I could be no lad, till I was twentye, '* is a passage I notice in my Milton with a view to this; which see; and therein also of a shep - herdess" taking the tale. The Rolliad, in Two Parts: Probationary Odes for the Laureatship; and Political Eclogues and ...
- He uses the ambiguity of passageways and transitional spaces to construct an esthetic of anticipation.
- To fix a passage of play, you need the captain and a willing accomplice or two. Times, Sunday Times
- In the cephalopoda (as also in the crustacea) the same passage serves to void the excrement and leads to the part like a uterus, for the male discharges the seminal fluid through this passage. On the Generation of Animals
- As the passage continues there is a section of rotten flooring supported on dubious stemples just above head height.
- Did Michelin-starred chefs abandon their restaurants after the passage of hygiene standards laws? Times, Sunday Times
- Gesenius considers this equivalent with "cohabit;" and from this single passage draws the sense which he assigns to [Hebrew: 'iyzebel] This seems rather far-fetched. Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850
