Passage definition
The nasal passages.
We had a rough passage on the stormy sea.
Only medical supply trucks were granted safe passage through enemy territory.
A Bible passage.
The passage from childhood to adulthood.
The nasal passages.
An example of passage is when you go on a trip and someone tells you to be safe in your travels.
An example of passage is when a car moves through a restricted area with permission.
An example of passage is when time moves forward.
An example of passage is a corridor or hall in your home leading from one room to another.
Book passage; pay for one's passage.
A passage at arms.
A celebrated passage from Shakespeare.
A passage of exquisite beauty, played to perfection.
- A road or path.
- A channel, duct, etc.
- A hall or corridor that is an entrance or exit or onto which several rooms open; passageway.
- Movement from one place to another.The passage of water through a sieve.
- The process of elapsing.The passage of time.
- Movement from one place to another; migration.Birds of passage.
- Change or progress from one process or condition to another; transition.
- The enactment of a law by a legislative body.
Origin of passage
- French from passager to execute a passage alteration (influenced by passer to pass) of passéger from Italian passeggiare from passare to pass from Vulgar Latin passāre from Latin passus step pace1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old French from passer to pass pass
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition