passage

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/
/ˈpasɑːʒ/
Noun
15 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • She struggled to play the difficult passages.
2 Definition

Part of a path or journey.

Example Sentences
  • He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
3 Definition

An incident or episode.

4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
5 Definition

The advance of time.

Synonyms
passing
6 Definition

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

7 Definition

A passageway or corridor.

8 Definition

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

9 Definition

The vagina.

10 Definition

The act of passing; movement across or through.

11 Definition

The right to pass from one place to another.

12 Definition

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

13 Definition

Serial passage, a technique used in bacteriology and virology

14 Definition

A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.

15 Definition

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
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
2 Definition

To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross

Example Sentences
  • They passaged to America in 1902.
3 Definition

To execute a passage movement

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.