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Passage
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
paragraph
or
section
of
text
or
music
with particular meaning.
●
Part of a
path
or journey.
●
An
incident
or episode.
●
The
official
approval
of a
bill
or
act
by a parliament.
●
The
advance
of time.
●
In Art:
The use of
tight
brushwork
to
link
objects
in
separate
spatial
plains
. Commonly
seen in
Cubist works.
●
A
passageway
or corridor.
●
In Nautical:
A
strait
or other
narrow
waterway.
●
In Caving:
An
underground
cavity
,
formed
by water or
falling
rocks
, which is much
longer
than it is wide.
●
The vagina.
●
The
act
of
passing
;
movement
across or through.
●
The right to
pass
from one place to another.
●
A
fee
paid
for
passing
or for being
conveyed
between places.
●
In Bacteriology & Virology:
Serial passage.
●
In Dice games:
A
gambling
game
for two
players
using three
dice
, in which the
object
is to
throw
a
double over
ten.
●
In Dressage:
A
movement
in
classical
dressage
, in which the
horse
performs
a very
collected
,
energetic
, and
elevated
trot
that has a
longer
period
of
suspension
between each
foot
fall
than a working
trot
.
Verb
●
In Medicine:
To
pass
something, such as a
pathogen
or
stem cell
, through a
host
or medium.
●
To make a
passage
, especially by
sea
; to cross.
●
In Dressage:
To
execute
a
passage
movement.
Adj
●
In Falconry:
Of a
bird
: Less than a year
old
but
living
on its own, having
left
the nest.
Name
●
Short for Passage West, Ireland.
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Origin
passage
English
passage
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
passer
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
passager
French
passagier
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Sourced from
Etym
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Paragraph
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Story
Opening
Path
Route
Passing
Section
Entrance
Flow
Book
Sentence
Revelation
Translation
Move
Pass
Article
Psalm
Proclamation
Piece
Letter
Text
Stanza
Line
Transition
Preamble
Portion
Enactment
Narrative
Exit
Pathway
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Tale
Commandment
Voyage
Connection
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Presentation
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Crossing
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Introduction
Segment
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Corridor
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Manuscript
Progression
Ayah
Amendment
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Transmission
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