Definitions for passage

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passage pas·sage

Spelling: [pas-ij]

IPA: /ˈpæs ɪdʒ/

Passage is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in passage (aaegpss).

Definitions for passage

noun

1. a portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.:
2. a phrase or other division of a musical work.
3. Fine Arts. an area, section, or detail of a work, especially with respect to its qualities of execution:
4. an act or instance of passing from one place, condition, etc., to another; transit.
5. the permission, right, or freedom to pass:
6. the route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.
7. a hall or corridor; passageway.
8. an opening or entrance into, through, or out of something:
9. a voyage by water from one point to another:
10. the privilege of conveyance as a passenger:
11. the price charged for accommodation on a ship; fare.
12. a lapse or passing, as of time.
13. a progress or course, as of events.
14. the enactment into law of a legislative measure.
15. an interchange of communications, confidences, etc., between persons.
16. an exchange of blows; altercation or dispute:
17. the act of causing something to pass; transference; transmission.
18. an evacuation of the bowels.
19. an occurrence, incident, or event.
20. a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause (a horse) to passage.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a passage; cross; pass; voyage.
2. (of a horse) to execute such a movement.
3. (of a rider) to cause a horse to execute such a movement.

Origin of passage

1250-1300; Middle English Old French, equivalent to pass(er) to pass + -age -age

Examples for passage

He went to the keyhole of the door leading into the passage.

One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.

He had not told his mother of that passage of love with Aggie Logan.

This passage, I say, is inserted to explain the words of Moses which precede it.

In the neighborhoods they grow up in, prison is a rite of passage and being a street gangster is a viable career choice.

Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.

She reached at last the coal-cellar, the first that opened from the passage, and looked in.

Lena Dunham has been (crazily) accused of “sexual abuse” by right-wing troll sites for a passage in her memoir.

Next, the passage of a comprehensive jobs bill is essential for Republicans.

Once more I started up, and chairs were moved to give me passage.