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pas·sage 1
(păs′ĭj)n.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
a. A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass: the nasal passages.
b. A corridor.
5.
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.
6.
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, from passer, to pass; see pass.]
pas·sage 2
(păs′ĭj, pə-säzh′)n.
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, 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; see pace1.]
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passage
(ˈpæsɪdʒ)n
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 phrase passage of arms)
[C13: from Old French from passer to pass]
passage
(ˈpæsɪdʒ; ˈpæsɑːʒ) dressagen
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
vb
(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to move or cause to move at a passage
[C18: from French passager, variant of passéger, from Italian passeggiare to take steps, ultimately from Latin passūs 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.
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Passage
herons in flight (‘on passage’); the migration or migratory flight of birds.Examples: passage of herons, 1879; of migrating birds, 1774.
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passage
Past participle: passaged
Gerund: passaging
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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 nextchange 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" 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 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"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 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" 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 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 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" | |
| 9. | passage - the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets" | |
| 10. |  passage - the act of passing something to another personbringing, 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" |
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passage
noun
1. corridor, hallway, passageway, hall, lobby, entrance, exit, doorway, aisle, entrance hall, vestibule The 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, thoroughfare He spotted someone lurking in the passage between the two houses.
3. extract, reading, piece, section, sentence, text, clause, excerpt, paragraph, verse, quotation He read a passage from the Bible.
4. movement, passing, advance, progress, flow, motion, transit, progression the passage of troops through Spain
7. transit, moving, passing, travelling, crossing, movement, progress, traversal the passage of troops through the country
8. transition, change, move, development, progress, shift, conversion, progression, metamorphosis the passage from school to college
9. establishment, passing, legislation, sanction, approval, acceptance, adoption, ratification, enactment, authorization, validation, legalization It has been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
12. safe-conduct, right to travel, freedom to travel, permission to travel, authorization to travel They were granted safe passage to Baghdad.
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passage
noun1. The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another:
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Translations
رِحْلَهقِطْعَهمـُرُورٌمُرور، عُبورمَمَر، مَمْشى
průchodpasážplavbaplynutíúryvek
passageafsnitgangkorridoroverfart
koridoro
etappihyväksyminenkatkelmakäytäväosuus
odlomakprolaz
átjáró
gangur, húsasundkaflabrot, hlutirássigling
楽節通路
악절통로
kelionėpasažaspraėjimaspravažiavimasvažiavimas
braukšanas maksaejafragmentsgaitenislaika ritums, gaita
plynutie
odlomekprehod
passagestycke
ท่อนบทเพลง ตอนทางเดิน
lối đimục
passage
[ˈpæsɪdʒ]A. N
1. (= corridor) → pasillo m; (between buildings, underground) → pasaje m; (= alley) → callejón m
a house full of secret passages → una casa llena de pasadizos secretos
a house full of secret passages → una casa llena de pasadizos secretos
3. (= voyage) → travesía f, viaje m; (= fare) → pasaje m
to work one's passage → trabajar a bordo a cambio del pasaje
to work one's passage → trabajar a bordo a cambio del pasaje
4. (= access, way through) → paso m
his bodyguards forced a passage through the crowds → sus guardaespaldas se abrieron camino or paso entre la muchedumbre
their win has given them an easy passage to the final → han llegado fácilmente a la final tras esta victoria
free passage → paso m libre
right of passage → derecho m de paso
safe passage → salvoconducto m
his bodyguards forced a passage through the crowds → sus guardaespaldas se abrieron camino or paso entre la muchedumbre
their win has given them an easy passage to the final → han llegado fácilmente a la final tras esta victoria
free passage → paso m libre
right of passage → derecho m de paso
safe passage → salvoconducto m
5. (= progress) → paso m
his passage through life had not been easy → su paso por la vida no había sido fácil
the opposition was giving the bill a rough passage through Parliament → la oposición estaba obstruyendo la aprobación del proyecto de ley en el Parlamento
the passage of time → el paso del tiempo
with the passage of time → con el (paso del) tiempo
see also bird B
his passage through life had not been easy → su paso por la vida no había sido fácil
the opposition was giving the bill a rough passage through Parliament → la oposición estaba obstruyendo la aprobación del proyecto de ley en el Parlamento
the passage of time → el paso del tiempo
with the passage of time → con el (paso del) tiempo
see also bird B
6. (= transition) → paso m
one's passage into womanhood/manhood → el paso de uno a la edad adulta
the passage of summer into autumn → el paso del verano al otoño
the book charts her passage into madness → el libro recoge su descenso a la locura
to ease their passage from a socialist to a market economy → para facilitar la transición or el paso de una economía socialista a una de mercado
see also rite B
one's passage into womanhood/manhood → el paso de uno a la edad adulta
the passage of summer into autumn → el paso del verano al otoño
the book charts her passage into madness → el libro recoge su descenso a la locura
to ease their passage from a socialist to a market economy → para facilitar la transición or el paso de una economía socialista a una de mercado
see also rite B
7. (= section) [of book, music] → pasaje m
B. CPD passage money (o.f.) N → pasaje m
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passage
[ˈpæsɪdʒ] n (= corridor) → couloir m
(= passing) → passage m
the passage of food through the digestive tract → le passage des aliments dans le tube digestif
the passage of time → le passage du temps
with the passage of time → avec le temps
an asset that increases in value with the passage of time → un bien dont la valeur augmente avec le temps
the passage of food through the digestive tract → le passage des aliments dans le tube digestif
the passage of time → le passage du temps
with the passage of time → avec le temps
an asset that increases in value with the passage of time → un bien dont la valeur augmente avec le temps
(= journey)
He helped them in their passage across the Pyrenees → Il les aidait à traverser les Pyrénées.
He helped them in their passage across the Pyrenees → Il les aidait à traverser les Pyrénées.
(by boat) → traversée f
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passage
n
(= transition: from youth to manhood etc) → Übergang m; the passage of time → der Verlauf or Strom (geh) → der Zeit; in or with the passage of time → mit der Zeit
(through country) → Durchfahrt f, → Durchreise f; (= right of passage) → Durchreise f, → Transit m, → Durchreise- or Transitgenehmigung f; to grant somebody passage through an area → jdm die Durchreise durch ein Gebiet genehmigen
(= corridor) → Gang m; the narrow passage between Denmark and Sweden → die schmale Durchfahrt zwischen Dänemark und Schweden; secret passage → Geheimgang m; he forced a passage through the crowd → er bahnte sich (dat) → einen Weg durch die Menge
(in book) → Passage f; (Mus) → Stück nt, → Passage f; a passage from Shakespeare/the Bible → eine Shakespeare-/Bibelstelle
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passage
[ˈpæsɪdʒ] nCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
passage
(ˈpӕsidʒ) noun1. a long narrow way through, eg a corridor through a building. There was a dark passage leading down to the river between tall buildings.
2. a part of a piece of writing or music. That is my favourite passage from the Bible.
3. (usually of time) the act of passing. the passage of time.
4. a journey by boat. He paid for his passage by working as a steward.
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passage
→ مـُرُورٌ, نَصٌّ pasáž, průchod passage Durchfahrt, Passage μουσικό κομμάτι, πέρασμα pasaje, paso katkelma, väylä passage odlomak, prolaz passaggio 楽節, 通路 악절, 통로 doorgang, passage passasje droga, pasaż passagem, trecho пассаж, проход passage, stycke ท่อนบทเพลง ตอน, ทางเดิน geçit, parça lối đi, mục 段落, 通道Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pas·sage
n. pasaje.
conducto o meato;
evacuación del intestino.
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passage
n conducto, vía; nasal passages conductos or vías nasalesEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.