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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
passage en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɛsəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpæsəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
- /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈpasɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).
Meanings
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(attributive, not-comparable) Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.
Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.
passage en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɛsəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpæsəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
- /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈpasɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).
Meanings
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A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
passage of scripture
She struggled to play the difficult passages.
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Part of a path or journey.
He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
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An incident or episode.
But there are those who do not feel that the sordid passages of life should be kept off the stage. It is a matter of opinion.
1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961: Hearings:
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The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
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The advance of time.
The passage of decades has not erased the value of parental monitoring.
2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 209:
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The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
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A passageway or corridor.
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A strait or other narrow waterway.
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An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
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(euphemistic) The vagina.
At the same moment, Aidan plunged two fingers deep into her passage and broke through her fragile barrier.
2009, Cat Lindler, Kiss of a Traitor, Medallion Press, →ISBN, page 249:With a look of triumph that he was unable to keep from his dark eyes he slid into her passage with one smooth thrust, […]
1986, Bertrice Small, A Love for All Time, New American Library, →ISBN, page 463:This way, the tip of your penis will travel up and down her passage.
1987, Usha Sarup, Expert Lovemaking, Jaico Publishing House, →ISBN, page 53:
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The act of passing; movement across or through.
He claimed that he felt the passage of the knife through the ilio-cæcal valve, from the very considerable pain which it caused.
1886, Pacific medical journal, volume 29:When the scheme is completed, the 99-year-old swing bridge over the canal will be dispensed with as the new bridge will have sufficient height to allow clearance for the passage of canal traffic.
1954 February, “Notes and News: Deviation at Bramwith”, in Railway Magazine, page 137:
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The right to pass from one place to another.
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A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
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Serial passage.
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(historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
Forms
Deriveds
passage migrant · passage planning · Windward Passage · Northwest Passage · clobber passage · repassage · subpassage · passage at arms · Northeast Passage · zenithal passage · finger passage · passage house · middle passage · passagework · back passage · passage plan · screens passage · innocent passage · time of pericentre passage · first passage time · Lemon Tree Passage · passage tomb · midpassage · Restronguet Passage · passage of time · time of pericenter passage · rite of passage · cross-passage · passageway · first-passage time · passageable · passage boat · Passage East · passage grave · passage maker · couldn't stop a pig in a passage · right of passage · with the passage of time · passagemaker · Passage West · bird of passage · passage-house · passage of arms · zenial passage · deck passage · New Passage · Milsons Passage · multipassage · Old Passage · forepassage · work one's passage · underpassage
Descendants
pāhihi
Relateds
locus · cotext
Synonyms
passing
Translations (119)
fi kulkuväylä (passageway) · ja 一節 (section of text or music) · ru коридо́р (passageway) · de Passus (section of text or music) · gl paso (passageway) · cmn 片斷 /片断 (section of text or music) · el έγκριση (official agreement of a bill or act) · bg преход (part of a journey) · si ජේදය (section of text or music) · gl pasaxe (section of text or music) · bg пасаж (section of text or music) · sl odlomek (section of text or music) · id perlintasan (passageway) · fi taival (part of a journey) · fi jae (section of text or music) · fi hyväksyminen (official agreement of a bill or act) · mi awarua (passageway) · mi riunga (part of a journey) · ru перехо́д (part of a journey) · es pasada (part of a journey) · it corridoio (passageway) · la transitus (part of a journey) · ro pasaj (passageway) · el διάβαση (part of a journey) · tr geçiş (section of text or music) · el περικοπή (section of text or music) · ru пасса́ж (part of a journey) · el διάδρομος (passageway) · sw mapito (section of text or music) · io paso (part of a journey) · fr passage (passageway) · el απόσπασμα (section of text or music) · grc περιοχή (section of text or music) · pt trecho (section of text or music) · pt passagem (section of text or music) · fi etappi (part of a journey) · ru перехо́д (passageway) · ar قِطْعَة (section of text or music) · es recorrido (part of a journey) · sv passage (passageway) · ca passatge (section of text or music) · si මාර්ඟය (part of a journey) · nn passus (section of text or music) · ga slí (part of a journey) · ru отры́вок (section of text or music) · ca passatge (passageway) · cmn 片段 (section of text or music) · el διέλευση (part of a journey) · sl sprejetje (official agreement of a bill or act) · sw mapito (official agreement of a bill or act) · fr passage (section of text or music) · sv avsnitt (section of text or music) · fi jakso (section of text or music) · es pasamiento (part of a journey) · ru пасса́ж (section of text or music) · ja 通過 (official agreement of a bill or act) · pt passagem (passageway) · grc πόρος (passageway) · ms laluan (passageway) · grc πάροδος (part of a journey) · eo pasejo (passageway) · fi välikkö (passageway) · sv antagande (official agreement of a bill or act) · mi kauhanga (passageway) · nb passus (section of text or music) · ru прохо́д (passageway) · ro trecere (passageway) · ga slí (passageway) · ga sliocht (section of text or music) · es pasaje (section of text or music) · es tránsito (part of a journey) · la transitus (section of text or music) · pt passagem (part of a journey) · fi käytävä (passageway) · it passo (section of text or music) · el δίοδος (passageway) · fi osuus (part of a journey) · sq pasazh (section of text or music) · pl pasaż (section of text or music) · pl pasaż (passageway) · ru пасса́ж (artistic term) · fi juoksutus (section of text or music) · ru пасса́ж (passageway) · sv passage (section of text or music) · cs pasáž (section of text or music) · el πέρασμα (part of a journey) · sw mapito (artistic term) · la iter (part of a journey) · la locus (section of text or music) · pt corredor (passageway) · nn passasje (section of text or music) · fi taipale (part of a journey) · sw mapito (part of a journey) · gl pasaxe (passageway) · nl passage (section of text or music) · el ψήφιση (official agreement of a bill or act) · bg коридор (passageway) · io pasajo (part of a journey) · mi pāhihi (part of a journey) · el εδάφιο (section of text or music) · gl paso (part of a journey) · eo koridoro (passageway) · zza vêrdış (section of text or music) · nl passage (passageway) · ga pasáiste (passageway) · de Passage (part of a journey) · la iter (section of text or music) · ru вы́держка (section of text or music) · fur passaç (passageway) · ru приня́тие (official agreement of a bill or act) · sl prehod (passageway) · id pasase (section of text or music) · mi whakaupoko (section of text or music) · sw mapito (passageway) · el μελωδία (section of text or music) · nb passasje (section of text or music) · ca passatge (part of a journey) · el χωρίο (section of text or music) · es paso (part of a journey)
passage en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɛsəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈpæsəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)
- /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈpasɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passage, from passer (“to pass”).
Meanings
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To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
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(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
They passaged to America in 1902.
Forms
passage en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French passager, from Italian passeggiare.
Meanings
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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.
Forms
Translations (1)
fi passage (movement in dressage)
passage en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French passager, from Italian passeggiare.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To execute a passage movement.
After a spring or two, the horse passaged and reared, and lighting on a flat slab of rock which cropped up in the middle of the road, slipped sideways and fell with a loud crash […]
1915, Cunninghame Graham, Hope, page 18:
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