Passages (IPA: /ˈpæsədʒəz/, /ˈpæsɪdʒɪz/)
| Passage (v. i.) |
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
Removal from life; decease; departure; death. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
Reception; currency. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
A movement or an evacuation of the bowels. |
| Passage (v. i.) |
In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. |
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Collection of short stories by Julio Cortázar |
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Album by Frank Gambale |
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Album by Ravi Shankar |
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2004 film by Yang Chao |
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Album by Midi Miliz |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." - Thomas Gray |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world." - Quotations |
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