passage
Definitions of passage
-
a passage between rooms or between buildingstypes:couloirpassageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in storesarcadea covered passageway with shops and stalls on either sidecorridoran enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto italléea temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)tunnela passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)catacombean underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)balcon, tribunea covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)tunnel de chemin de fera tunnel through which the railroad track runspassage souterrain, tunnelan underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railwaypuitsan open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
-
the act of passing from one state or place to the nextsynonyms: transitiontypes:fossilisationbecoming inflexible or out of datetype of:changement d'étatthe act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
-
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may passtypes:canala bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substanceîsophagethe passage between the pharynx and the stomachfistulean abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surfacebouche, gueulethe externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the openinguretèreeither of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladderurètreduct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital ductcordon ombilicalmembranous duct connecting the fetus with the placentavaginthe lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterusépididymea convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferenscanal déférenta duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory ducttube cartilagineuxa duct with cartilaginous wallsanusthe excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canalfontanelleany membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetusaile du nez, narineany of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynxtype of:
-
a section of text; particularly a section of medium lengthtypes:extraita passage selected from a larger worktransitiona passage that connects a topic to one that followsflash-backa transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the storyraccord(film) an immediate transition from one shot to the nexttype of:sectiona self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
-
the act of passing something to another personsynonyms: transmission
-
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
-
a short section of a musical composition
-
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)synonyms: allée
-
any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to anothersynonyms: chemintypes:accésa way of entering or leavingvoiea narrow way or roadvoiea way especially designed for a particular usepiste cavalièrea path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)chemin de traverse, rue secondaire, rue transversale, voie indirectea side road little traveled (as in the countryside)canallong and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigationautoroutea road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)passage clouté, passage pour piétonsa path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the otherescalier de secours, porte de secours, sortie de secoursa stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergencyescaliera stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the nextautoroutea major road for any form of motor transportsentiera trodden pathchemina public road from one place to anothersentierany road or path affording passage especially a rough onealléea path set aside for walkingtype of:artefacta man-made object taken as a whole
-
a visit in an official or professional capacitysynonyms: visite
-
an entrance that can be closed by a gate
-
a way through or along which someone or something may passtypes:couloirpassageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in storesaqueduca conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valleyarcadea covered passageway with shops and stalls on either sidecorridoran enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto itconduitan enclosed conduit for a fluidconduit de fuméea conduit to carry off smokealléea temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)gouttièrea channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwaterconduit, tubeconduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gasestunnela passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)type of:cheminany artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
Cite this entry
Style:
MLA
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago
Copy citation
DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘passage'.
Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary.com or its editors.
Send us feedback
Word Family
Vocabulary lists containing passage
The Vocabulary.com Top 1000
The top 1,000 vocabulary words have been carefully chosen to represent difficult but common words that appear in everyday academic and business writing. These words are also the most likely to appear on the SAT, ACT, GRE, and ToEFL. To create this list, we started with the words that give our users the most trouble and then ranked them by how frequently they appear in our corpus of billions of words from edited sources. If you only have time to study one list of words, this is the list.
PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
Before you can answer a question on the PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy section, you first need to know what the question is asking. Learn this list of 45 words that we extracted from a PARCC practice test's directions, question stems, and answer options.
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
Context is king — that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the SAT. We have identified this pool of 200 words that cut across the disciplines and lend themselves well to context-dependent interpretation. As you learn this list on Vocabulary.com, you will have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in particular sentences. This is the same type of thinking you will need to develop in order to succeed on the SAT! Following our Roadmap to the SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.