passage
pronunciation
How to pronounce passage in British English:
UK [ˈpæsɪdʒ]
How to pronounce passage in American English:
US [ˈpæsɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body
- a journey usually by ship
- a short section of a musical composition
- a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
- a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another
- the motion of one object relative to another
- the act of passing something to another person
Word Origin
- passage
- passage: [13] Passage goes back to the Latin ancestor of modern French. Here, the noun *passāticum was derived from passāre (source of English pass). This found its way into English via Old French passage. At first it simply meant ‘passing’ or ‘way along which one passes’; the sense ‘segment of music, text, etc’ did not emerge in English until the 16th century.=> pass
- passage (n.)
- early 13c., "a road, passage;" late 13c., "action of passing," from Old French passage "mountain pass, passage" (11c.), from passer "to go by" (see pass (v.)). Meaning "corridor in a building" first recorded 1610s. Meaning "a portion of writing" is from 1610s, of music, from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Watch this law closely : its passage would be a crucial bellwether for reform .
- 2. 1996 : Passage of u.s. law curbing pornography online .
- 3. But it no longer wants to give free passage .
- 4. He remarked in one passage of his autobiography .
- 5. We exist in an invisible passage of time .