Meaning

16 senses
  1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

    passage of scripture

    She struggled to play the difficult passages.

    Passus

    пасса́жpassáž, отры́вокotrývok, вы́держкаvýderžka

    a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

  2. Part of a path or journey.

    He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.

    Passage

    перехо́дperexód, пасса́жpassáž

    a journey usually by ship

  3. An incident or episode.

  4. 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.

    приня́тиеprinjátije

  5. The advance of time.

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

  7. A passageway or corridor.

    прохо́дproxód, перехо́дperexód, коридо́рkoridór

  8. A strait or other narrow waterway.

    the Northwest Passage

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

  10. (euphemistic)The vagina.

    пасса́жpassáž

  11. The act of passing; movement across or through.

    the act of passing something to another person

  12. The right to pass from one place to another.

    a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

Examples

104 sentences
  1. Did you know there was a secret passage?

    Ти знав про секретний прохід?

    ruТы знал, что тут секретный проход?

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  2. There's a secret passage.

    Є секретний прохід.

    ruЕсть секретный проход.

    deEs gibt einen Geheimgang.

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  3. Did you know there was a secret passage hidden behind the bookcase?

    Ти знав, що за книжковою шафою схований таємний прохід?

    ruТы знал, что за книжным шкафом есть секретный проход?

    deWusstest du, dass sich hinter dem Bücherregal ein Geheimgang verbirgt?

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  4. Read the passage on page 22, please.

    deLest bitte den Abschnitt auf Seite 22.

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  5. There's a secret passage on the left.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
section of text or music:
part of a journey:
official agreement of a bill or act:
passageway:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
section of text or music:
part of a journey:

Origin

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”). From Frenc

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).

From French passager, from Italian passeggiare.

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Forms

plural: passages
Singularpassage
Pluralpassages

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of passing from one state or place to the next:transition
  • a journey usually by ship:transit
  • the act of passing something to another person:handing over
  • a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another:passing
  • a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass:passageway
  • a short section of a musical composition:musical passage

Word family

30 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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