passagenoun
uk/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/passage noun (CONNECTING WAY)
B2 [ C ] also passageway, a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that connects places:
[ C ] a hollow part of the body through which something goes:
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- subterranean passages
- an underground passage
- The tomb was honeycombed with passages and chambers.
- A narrow passage leads from one building to the other.
- The president escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building.
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Parts of buildings: passages & entrance areas
- arcade
- archway
- concourse
- corridor
- desk
- entryway
- foyer
- gangway!
- gateway
- hall
- hallway
- lobby
- marquee
- patio
- porch
- portico
- reception
- terrace
- vestibule
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passage noun (PART)
B2 [ C ] a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work:
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- This passage of text has been excerpted from her latest novel.
- It is a difficult passage, but just translate it as best you can.
- This passage doesn't make any sense.
- The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.
- Kathy read a short passage from the Bible.
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cantata
- chorus
- fantasia
- melody
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- playlist
- reel
- sextet
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- trio
- tune
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passage noun (TRAVEL)
[ U ] formal travel, especially as a way of escape:
[ S ] old-fashioned a journey, especially over the sea:
to do work on a ship during your trip instead of paying for a ticket
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- quadrant
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
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passage noun (MOVEMENT)
C2 [ U ] an act of moving through somewhere:
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Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- mobile
- motile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- steady
- still
- tread
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passage noun (TIME)
the process of time going past:
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Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the world idiom
- Anno Domini
- course
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- misspend
- pass
- passing
- run
- sand
- slip away
- spread sth over sth
- the sands of time are running out idiom
- tick
- tick away/by
- time and tide wait for no man idiom
- while
- while sth away
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passage noun (LAW)
[ U ] formal the official approval of something, especially a new law:
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- enforce
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rider
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