Word: Passage
How to pronounce: ˈpæsɪʤ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another.
Example sentences: "There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock"
2. A narrow way, typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway.
Example sentences: "The larger bedroom was at the end of the passage"
3. The process of transition from one state to another.
Example sentences: "An allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge"
4. A short extract from a book or other printed material.
Example sentences: "He picked up the newspaper and read the passage again"
5. The process of propagating microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.
Example sentences: "Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.
Synonyms:
transit
strait
path
way
crossing
voyage
trip
avenue
trek
route
journey
expedition
extract
excerpt
hallway
corridor
passage way
conduits
hall
gallery
meatus
walkway
thoroughfare
passway
through
transition
going
progress
procession
advancement
process
expiration
expiry
enactment
progression
approach
advance
exit
Derivations:
passed
passaging
passaged
passageway
passing
pass
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Spanish: Pasaje
German: Passage
French: Passage
Italian: Passaggio
Turkish: Geçiş
