noun

passage

PA-sihj

noun

A short section of a text, speech, or piece of music.

"She read a passage from her favourite novel aloud."

A narrow corridor or way connecting two places.

"A dark passage led from the kitchen to the cellar."

The act of travelling from one place to another, especially by sea.

"They booked passage on a cargo ship bound for Lisbon."

The process by which a bill becomes law.

"The passage of the new tax bill took months of debate."

How to Use Passage

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishCan mean a stretch of text, a corridor, a journey, or a bill becoming law — context decides.

Common pairings

read a passage narrow passage passage of time safe passage

passaged past tense, passaged past tense, passages plural, passages plural, passages singular, passages singular

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She read a _____ from her favourite novel aloud.

From Old French passage, from passer, "to pass."

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