PASSAGE

passage, transition

(noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next

passage, transit

(noun) a journey usually by ship; “the outward passage took 10 days”

passage, handing over

(noun) the act of passing something to another person

passage, passing

(noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; “the passage of air from the lungs”; “the passing of flatus”

enactment, passage

(noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body

passage

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

passage, passageway

(noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; “the nasal passages”

passage

(noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

passage, musical passage

(noun) a short section of a musical composition

passing, passage

(noun) the motion of one object relative to another; “stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

passage (not comparable)

Describing a bird that has left the nest, is living on its own, but is less than a year old. (commonly used in falconry)

Noun

passage (plural passages)

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

Part of a path or journey.

An incident or episode.

The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.

The advance of time.

Synonym: passing

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.

A passageway or corridor.

(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.

(euphemistic) The vagina.

The act of passing; movement across or through.

The right to pass from one place to another.

A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.

Serial passage, a technique used in bacteriology and virology

(dice games, now, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten. [from 15th c.]

Verb

passage (third-person singular simple present passages, present participle passaging, simple past and past participle passaged)

(medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium

(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross

Etymology 2

Noun

passage (plural passages)

(dressage) 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

passage (third-person singular simple present passages, present participle passaging, simple past and past participle passaged)

(intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement

Source: Wiktionary

Pas"sage, n. Etym: [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]

1. 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. What! are my doors opposed against my passage! Shak.

2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. The ship in which he had taken passage. Macaulay.

3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure thy mortal passage." Milton. When he is fit and season'd for his passage. Shak.

5. 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. And with his pointed dart Explores the nearest passage to his heart. Dryden. The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. South.

6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. The conduct and passage of affairs. Sir J. Davies. The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak.

7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages of life." Shak. The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. South.

8. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. How commentators each dark passage shun. Young.

9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. No passages of love Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. Tennyson.

11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

12. 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. "The passage of the Stamp Act." D. Hosack. The final question was then put upon its passage. Cushing. In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been studied but in passage." Bacon.

– Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc.

– Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds "Birds of passage." Longfellow.

– Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.

– Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water.

Syn.

– Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

PASSAGE

Etymology 1

Adjective

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

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