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pas·sage¹

(păs′ĭj)

1. The act or process of passing, especially:

a. Movement from one place to another:the passage of water through a sieve.

b. The process of elapsing:the passage of time.

a. The process of changing from one condition or stage to another; transition:the passage from childhood to adulthood.

b. Enactment into law of a legislative bill.

a. A journey, especially one by air or water:We had a rough passage on the stormy sea.

b. The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship:book passage; pay for one's passage.

c. The right, permission, or power to come and go freely:Only medical supply trucks were granted safe passage through enemy territory.

a. A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass:the nasal passages.

b. A corridor.

a. An occurrence or event:"Another encouraging passage took place ... when heads of state ... took note of the extraneous factors affecting their economies that are beyond their control"(Helen Kitchen).

b. Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons:a passage at arms.

a. A segment of a written work or speech:a celebrated passage from Shakespeare.

b.Music A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer:a passage of exquisite beauty, played to perfection.

c. A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail.

7.Physiology The process of discharging something from a bodily part, such as evacuation of waste from the bowels.

8.Medicine The introduction of an instrument into a bodily cavity.

9.Obsolete Death.

[Middle English, from Old French, frompasser,to pass; see pass.]

pas·sage²

(păs′ĭj, pə-säzh′)

A slow cadenced trot in which the horse raises and returns to the ground first one diagonal pair of feet, then the other.

v.pas·saged,pas·sag·ing,pas·sag·es

v.intr.

To execute such a trot in dressage.

v.tr.

To cause (a horse) to execute such a trot in dressage.

[French, frompassager,to execute a passage, alteration (influenced bypasser,to pass) ofpasséger, from Italianpasseggiare, frompassare,to pass, from Vulgar Latin*passāre, from Latinpassus,step; see pace¹.]

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passage

(ˈpæsɪdʒ)

1.a channel, opening, etc, through or by which a person or thing may pass

2. (Music, other)music a section or division of a piece, movement, etc

3. (Building) a way, as in a hall or lobby

4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a section of a written work, speech, etc, esp one of moderate length

5. (Nautical Terms) a journey, esp by ship:the outward passage took a week.

6.the act or process of passing from one place, condition, etc, to another:passage of a gas through a liquid.

7.the permission, right, or freedom to pass:to be denied passage through a country.

8. (Law) the enactment of a law or resolution by a legislative or deliberative body

9. (Physiology) an evacuation of the bowels

10.rare an exchange or interchange, as of blows, words, etc (esp in the phrasepassage of arms)

[C13: from Old French frompasser to pass]

passage

(ˈpæsɪdʒ; ˈpæsɑːʒ)dressage

1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a sideways walk in which diagonal pairs of feet are lifted alternately

2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a cadenced lofty trot, the moment of suspension being clearly defined

(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to move or cause to move at a passage

[C18: from Frenchpassager, variant ofpasséger, from Italianpasseggiare to take steps, ultimately from Latinpassūs step, pace¹]

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pas•sage

(ˈpæs ɪdʒ)

n.,v.-saged, -sag•ing.n.

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

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

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

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

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

6. a hall or corridor; passageway.

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

8. a voyage by water.

9. the accommodation on a ship.

10. the price charged for such accommodation.

11. a lapse or passing, as of time.

12. a progress or course, as of events.

13. the enactment into law of a legislative measure.

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

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

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

17. an occurrence, incident, or event.

v.i.

18. to make a passage; cross; pass.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French, =pass(er) topass +-age-age]

Passage

herons in flight (‘on passage’); the migration or migratory flight of birds.

Examples: passage of herons, 1879; of migrating birds, 1774.

passage

Past participle:passaged
Gerund:passaging

Imperative
passage
passage

Present
I passage
you passage
he/she/it passages
we passage
you passage
they passage

Preterite
I passaged
you passaged
he/she/it passaged
we passaged
you passaged
they passaged

Present Continuous
I am passaging
you are passaging
he/she/it is passaging
we are passaging
you are passaging
they are passaging

Present Perfect
I have passaged
you have passaged
he/she/it has passaged
we have passaged
you have passaged
they have passaged

Past Continuous
I was passaging
you were passaging
he/she/it was passaging
we were passaging
you were passaging
they were passaging

Past Perfect
I had passaged
you had passaged
he/she/it had passaged
we had passaged
you had passaged
they had passaged

Future
I will passage
you will passage
he/she/it will passage
we will passage
you will passage
they will passage

Future Perfect
I will have passaged
you will have passaged
he/she/it will have passaged
we will have passaged
you will have passaged
they will have passaged

Future Continuous
I will be passaging
you will be passaging
he/she/it will be passaging
we will be passaging
you will be passaging
they will be passaging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been passaging
you have been passaging
he/she/it has been passaging
we have been passaging
you have been passaging
they have been passaging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been passaging
you will have been passaging
he/she/it will have been passaging
we will have been passaging
you will have been passaging
they will have been passaging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been passaging
you had been passaging
he/she/it had been passaging
we had been passaging
you had been passaging
they had been passaging

Conditional
I would passage
you would passage
he/she/it would passage
we would passage
you would passage
they would passage

Past Conditional
I would have passaged
you would have passaged
he/she/it would have passaged
we would have passaged
you would have passaged
they would have passaged

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

passage

1. A particular part of a painting.

2. The transition from one shade to another.

3. A special technique.

4. An area in a painting that has been painted over by someone other than the artist.

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Noun	1.	passage - the act of passing from one state or place to the next transition change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics fossilisation,fossilization - becoming inflexible or out of date segue - the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
	2.	passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length text,textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" section,subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" excerpt,excerption,extract,selection - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" locus classicus - an authoritative and often-quoted passage place - the passage that is being read; "he lost his place on the page" purple passage - a passage full of ornate and flowery language transition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
	3.	passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass adit - a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine aisle - a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) channel - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits" cul,cul de sac,dead end - a passage with access only at one end fish ladder - a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings right of way - the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass shaft - a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel throat - a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
	4.	passage - the passing of a law by a legislative body enactment lawmaking,legislating,legislation - the act of making or enacting laws law,jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	5.	passage - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days" transit journey,journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another lockage - passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
	6.	passage - a short section of a musical composition musical passage musical composition,opus,piece of music,composition,piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" allegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow intro - a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music musical phrase,phrase - a short musical passage cadence - the close of a musical section cadenza - a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" recitative - a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech modulation,transition - a musical passage moving from one key to another impromptu - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
	7.	passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" passageway anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" birth canal - a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth meatus - a natural body passageway orifice,porta,opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" duct,epithelial duct,canal,channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" sinusoid - tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ carpal tunnel - a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass root canal - the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity esophagus,gullet,oesophagus,gorge - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach epicardia - the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach fauces - the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx sinus,fistula - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
	8.	passage - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus" passing response,reaction - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
	9.	passage - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" passing motion,movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
	10.	passage - the act of passing something to another person handing over bringing,delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" relay - the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful"

passage

noun

1.corridor,hallway,passageway,hall,lobby,entrance,exit,doorway,aisle,entrance hall,vestibuleThe toilets are up the stairs and along the passage to your right.

2.alley,way,opening,close(Brit.),course,road,channel,route,path,lane,avenue,thoroughfareHe spotted someone lurking in the passage between the two houses.

3.extract,reading,piece,section,sentence,text,clause,excerpt,paragraph,verse,quotationHe read a passage from the Bible.

4.movement,passing,advance,progress,flow,motion,transit,progressionthe passage of troops through Spain

5.tube,opening,hole,aperture,inlet,duct,orificecells that line the air passages

6.way,route,path,course,way throughTwo men elbowed a passage through the shoppers.

7.transit,moving,passing,travelling,crossing,movement,progress,traversalthe passage of troops through the country

8.transition,change,move,development,progress,shift,conversion,progression,metamorphosisthe passage from school to college

9.establishment,passing,legislation,sanction,approval,acceptance,adoption,ratification,enactment,authorization,validation,legalizationIt has been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.

10.passing,course,march,advance,flow,moving onIts value increases with the passage of time.

11.journey,crossing,tour,trip,trek,voyageWe arrived after a 10-hour passage by ship.

12.safe-conduct,right to travel,freedom to travel,permission to travel,authorization to travelThey were granted safe passage to Baghdad.

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passage

noun

1.The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another:

change,shift,transit,transition.

2.A particular subdivision of a written work:

part,section,segment.

Translations

رِحْلَهقِطْعَهمـُرُورٌمُرور، عُبورمَمَر، مَمْشى

průchodpasážplavbaplynutíúryvek

passageafsnitgangkorridoroverfart

Passage Überfahrt Zug Abschnitt Durchfahrt

πέρασμα πρόσβαση διάβα διάδρομος μουσικό κομμάτι

koridoro

paso pasaje pasillo travesía viaje

etappihyväksyminenkatkelmakäytäväosuus

passage route ruelle traversée chemin

odlomakprolaz

átjáró

gangur, húsasundkaflabrot, hlutirássigling

corridoio passaggio varco viaggio per mare andamento

楽節通路

악절통로

kelionėpasažaspraėjimaspravažiavimasvažiavimas

braukšanas maksaejafragmentsgaitenislaika ritums, gaita

doorgang passage

passasje sitat skipsleilighet

droga pasaż

passagem trecho corredor

проход ход пассаж

plynutie

odlomekprehod

passagestycke

ท่อนบทเพลง ตอนทางเดิน

geçit parça pasajgeçmegemi yolculuğu

lối đimục

通道一节文章或乐曲的一段落段落经过

passage

[ˈpæsɪdʒ]

A.N

1. (=corridor) →pasillom; (between buildings, underground) →pasajem; (=alley) →callejónm
a house full ofsecret passages →unacasa llena depasadizos secretos

2. (Anat) →conductom
nasal passages →conductos nasales
see alsoback

3. (=voyage) →travesíaf,viajem; (=fare) →pasajem
towork one's passage →trabajar a bordo acambio del pasaje

4. (=access, way through) →pasom
his bodyguardsforced a passage through the crowds →susguardaespaldas seabrieron caminoorpaso entre lamuchedumbre
their win has given them aneasy passage to the final →hanllegado fácilmente a la final tras estavictoria
free passage →pasomlibre
right of passage →derechomde paso
safe passage →salvoconductom

5. (=progress) →pasom
his passage through life had not been easy →supaso por lavida no había sidofácil
the opposition was giving the bill a rough passage through Parliament →laoposición estabaobstruyendo laaprobación del proyecto de ley en el Parlamento
the passage oftime →el paso del tiempo
with the passage of time →con el (paso del)tiempo
see alsobirdB

6. (=transition) →pasom
one's passageinto womanhood/manhood →el paso de uno a la edad adulta
the passage of summer into autumn →el paso del verano alotoño
the book charts her passage into madness →ellibro recoge sudescenso a la locura
to ease their passage from a socialistto a market economy →parafacilitar latransiciónorel paso de unaeconomía socialista a una demercado
see alsoriteB

7. (=section) [of book, music] →pasajem

B.CPDpassage money (o.f.)N →pasajem

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

passage

[ˈpæsɪdʒ]n

(=corridor) →couloirm

(in book, music, speech) →passagem
Read the passage carefully →Lisez attentivement lepassage.

(in body) →conduitm
blocked nasal passages →lenez bouché

(=passing) →passagem
the passage of food through the digestive tract →lepassage desaliments dans le tube digestif
the passage of time →lepassage dutemps
with the passage of time →avec le temps
an asset that increases in value with the passage of time →un bien dont lavaleur augmente avec le temps

(=journey)
He helped them in their passage across the Pyrenees →Il lesaidait àtraverser lesPyrénées.

(by boat) →traverséef

(=free space) to clear a passage →dégager lavoie
to clear a passage through sth →ouvrir unpassage à travers qch
to clear a passage for o.s. through sth →se frayer un passage à travers qch

passage

(= transition: from youth to manhood etc) →Übergangm;thepassage of time →derVerlauforStrom(geh) →der Zeit;inor with thepassage of time →mit der Zeit

(through country) →Durchfahrtf, →Durchreisef;(= right of passage) →Durchreisef, →Transitm, →Durchreise-or Transitgenehmigungf;to grant somebodypassage through an area →jdm dieDurchreise durch einGebiet genehmigen

(= voyage) →Überfahrtf, →Schiffsreisef;(= fare) →Überfahrtf, →Passagef ?work

(Parl:= process) →parlamentarische Behandlung; (final) →Annahmef, →Verabschiedungf

(= corridor) →Gangm;the narrowpassage between Denmark and Sweden →dieschmale Durchfahrt zwischenDänemark undSchweden;secretpassage →Geheimgangm;he forced apassage through the crowd →erbahnte sich(dat) →einenWeg durch dieMenge

(in book) →Passagef; (Mus) →Stücknt, →Passagef;apassage from Shakespeare/the Bible →eine Shakespeare-/Bibelstelle

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passage

[ˈpæsɪdʒ]n

a. (way through) →passaggio; (corridor) →corridoio

b. (Naut) (voyage) →traversata
to grant sb safe passage →garantire a qn dipassare incolume

c. (passing) →passarem; (of bill through parliament) →iterm inv
with the passage of time (frm) →colpassar deltempo

d. (section, of book) →brano,passo; (of music) →brano

passage

(ˈpӕsidʒ) noun

1. a long narrow way through,eg a corridor through a building.There was a dark passage leading down to the river between tall buildings. gangetjie مَمَر، مَمْشى проход passagem průchod, chodba, pasáž der Durchgang korridor; passageπέρασμα,δίοδος,διάδρομοςpasillo,pasadizo läbikäik, väil راهرو käytäväpassageמעבר, פסאז' गलियारा prolaz, prijelaz átjáró lorong gangur, húsasundpassaggio 通路 통로 perėja, koridorius, pasažas eja; gaitenis laluandoorganggang,passasjeprzejście ګودر، لار، سړك، تيريدونكى، دكتاب يا وينايوه برخه، عبارت passagem pasajпроход;коридор priechod; chodba prehod prolaz passage, [genom]gång ทางเดินแคบ ๆgeçit 通道 прохід, проїзд راستہ، گذرگاہ lối đi通道

2. a part of a piece of writing or music.That is my favourite passage from the Bible. deel, gedeelte قِطْعَه пасаж passagem úryvek die Passage afsnit; passageπερικοπή,απόσπασμαpasaje;episodio katkend قطعه kohtapassageקטע लेखांश odlomak szakasz, rész pasal kaflabrot, hlutipasso １節 한 절 ištrauka, fragmentas fragments; pasāža bahagianpassagesitat,stykke,passasjewyjątek,fragment برخه passagem pasajотрывок;пассаж úryvok odlomek odlomak passus, avsnitt, ställe ข้อความตอนหนึ่งparça,pasaj (文章或樂曲的)一段落，一節 епізод; уривок عبارت کا ٹکڑا، موسيقي کا قطعہ đoạn văn/ đoạn nhạc （文章或乐曲的）一段落，一节

3. (usually of time) the act of passing.the passage of time. verloop مُرور، عُبور течение passagem míjení, plynutí das Vorübergehen gangπέρασμα,διάβαpaso kulg گذشت kulkupassageמעבר गुजारना prolaženje(vremena) (az idő) múlása rentang (tímans) rás il passare 経過 경과 (pra)ėjimas, (pra)važiavimas [] ritums, gaita peredaran het verstrijkengang,løpupływ ګودر passagem trecereтечение míňanie, plynutie minevanje prolaženje gång, lopp การผ่าน geçme,geçiş 經過 хід گذرنے کا عمل sự trôi qua经过

4. a journey by boat.He paid for his passage by working as a steward. reis رِحْلَه прекосяване passagem plavba die Überfahrt overfart διάπλους,ταξίδιviaje,travesía merereis سفر دریایی laivamatkatraverséeמסע सफर putovanje morem (hajó)út pelayaran siglingpassaggio,traversata 渡航 선박 여행 kelionė (laivu) braukšanas maksa tambang perjalananovertochtoverfart,skipsleilighetprzejazd, podróż morska د سيند سفر passagem traversare поездка по морю plavba potovanje putovanje resa, överfart การเดินทางทางน้ำ gemi yolculuğu 航行 перевал, переправа کشتي کا سفر chuyến đi航行

passage

→مـُرُورٌ,نَصٌّ pasáž, průchod passageDurchfahrt,Passageμουσικό κομμάτι,πέρασμαpasaje,paso katkelma, väyläpassage odlomak, prolazpassaggio 楽節, 通路 악절, 통로doorgang,passagepassasjedroga,pasażpassagem,trechoпассаж,проход passage, stycke ท่อนบทเพลง ตอน, ทางเดินgeçit,parça lối đi, mục段落,通道

pas·sage

n. pasaje.

conducto o meato;

evacuación del intestino.

passage

n conducto, vía;nasal passages conductosor vías nasales

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