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The synonyms of “Passage” are: enactment, passing, transition, transit, musical passage, passageway, handing over, progress, movement, motion, going, crossing, travelling, traversal, traverse, advance, course, march, flow, safe conduct, entry, admission, access, voyage, trip, cruise, sail, corridor, hall, hallway, entrance hall, entrance, walkway, aisle, gangway, alley, alleyway, lane, path, pathway, way, footpath, track, trackway, road, thoroughfare, duct, development, progression, move, change, shift, conversion, metamorphosis, ratification, acceptance, approval, adoption, authorization, sanction, validation, legalization, endorsement, extract, excerpt, quotation, quote, citation, cite, reading, section, piece, selection, part, snippet, fragment, portion
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “passage” as a noun can have the following definitions:
acceptance | A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations. Charges involving the acceptance of bribes. |
access | The operation of reading or writing stored information. Wheelchair access. |
admission | The fee charged for admission. The evening before her admission to hospital. |
adoption | A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit. Private adoptions are illegal in Britain. |
advance | An increase in amount or price. Decades of great scientific advance. |
aisle | A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train. I spend much of my time at the shops wandering through the aisles. |
alley | Either of the two side strips between the singles sideline and the sidelines which count as part of the court in a doubles match. There were a few muggings in the backstreets and alleys. |
alleyway | A narrow street with walls on both sides. |
approval | A message expressing a favorable opinion. Although she fussed at them she secretly viewed all her children with approval. |
authorization | A document giving an official instruction or command. Deputies are given authorization to make arrests. |
change | Money given in exchange for the same sum in larger units. Activities related to environmental change. |
citation | A mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report, especially that of a member of the armed forces in wartime. The citation described him as an officer of extreme gallantry. |
cite | A citation. |
conversion | A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life. His conversion to the Catholic faith. |
corridor | A passage along the side of some railway carriages, from which doors lead into compartments. His room lay at the very end of the corridor. |
course | The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river. The road adopts a tortuous course along the coast. |
crossing | The action of crossing something. A stream of cars was waiting for the railway crossing barriers to be opened. |
cruise | A voyage on a ship or boat taken for pleasure or as a holiday and usually calling in at several places. A cruise down the Nile. |
development | An event constituting a new stage in a changing situation. What a revolting development. |
duct | A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance. The tear duct was obstructed. |
enactment | A law that is passed. Enactments covering food safety. |
endorsement | A clause in an insurance policy detailing an exemption from or change in cover. The package was regarded as an endorsement of the government s reform programme. |
entrance | An act or instance of entering somewhere. The entrance to a tunnel. |
entrance hall | A movement into or inward. |
entry | Something that provides access (to get in or get out. Beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral. |
excerpt | A passage selected from a larger work. He presented excerpts from William James philosophical writings. |
extract | A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music. A shampoo with extract of camomile. |
flow | The act of flowing or streaming continuous progression. A constant flow of people. |
footpath | A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside. |
fragment | An incomplete piece. Fragments of a play. |
gangway | A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site. |
going | The condition of the ground viewed in terms of suitability for horse racing, riding, or walking. The going was ideal here with short turf and a level surface. |
hall | A large country house, especially one with a landed estate. He dined in hall. |
hallway | An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. |
handing over | Ability. |
lane | A well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic. The innermost dust lane is dense enough to absorb some infrared. |
legalization | The action of making something that was previously illegal permissible by law. Calls for the legalization of cannabis. |
march | Genre of music written for marching. The march went up Fifth Avenue. |
metamorphosis | A complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft. The metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting. |
motion | An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object. Opposition parties tabled a no confidence motion. |
move | A player’s turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. The country s move to independence. |
movement | A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement. |
musical passage | A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing. |
part | The appropriate or expected behaviour in a particular role or situation one s duty. Those of you who jet off to foreign parts for your holidays. |
passageway | A passage between rooms or between buildings. The palace was full of secret passageways. |
passing | In sport the action of passing a ball to another team member. The coach sent in a passing play on third and long. |
path | A way especially designed for a particular use. The path of virtue. |
pathway | A trodden path. The crags and cornices of the mountainous pathways. |
piece | A separate part of a whole. A 10p piece. |
portion | An amount of food suitable for or served to one person. What will be my portion. |
progress | A movement forward. We are making progress towards equal rights. |
progression | A number of things in a series. A steady progression towards your goals. |
quotation | A short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another. Since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation. |
quote | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. Quotes from different insurance companies. |
ratification | The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. Ratification of the treaty raised problems in several member states. |
reading | The action or skill of reading. His main reading was detective stories. |
road | A railroad. The low road of apathy and alienation. |
safe conduct | A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests. |
sail | The broad fin on the back of a sailfish or of some prehistoric reptiles. The sail covering the load of crates broke loose from the truck. |
sanction | Official permission or approval. He appealed to the bishop for his sanction. |
section | A building plot. The finance section of the company. |
selection | A plot of land acquired by selection. I make Dayflower the selection for the Irish 1000 Guineas. |
shift | The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower case letters to upper case letters. A shift in public opinion. |
snippet | A small piece or brief extract. Snippets of information about the war. |
thoroughfare | A main road in a town. The middle bedroom is a thoroughfare to the bathroom. |
track | The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. A Formula One Grand Prix track. |
trackway | A path formed by the repeated treading of people or animals. A narrow beaten trackway into the forest. |
transit | A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. Guatemala is to have freedom of transit across Belize. |
transition | A change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation. He began the transition from female to male in the 10th grade. |
travelling | The act of going from one place to another. Music films and travelling are among her favourite pastimes. |
traversal | Travel across. |
traverse | An area of land surveyed with a traverse. A narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice. |
trip | A light or nimble tread. Sammy s gone on a school trip. |
validation | The action of checking or proving the validity or accuracy of something. New courses subject to validation include an MSc in Urban Forestry. |
voyage | A journey to some distant place. Writing a biography is a voyage of discovery. |
walkway | A passage or path for walking along, especially a raised passageway connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden. |
way | A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. He went a long ways. |
aisle | A passage between cabinets and shelves of goods in a supermarket or other building. I spend much of my time at the shops wandering through the aisles. |
antechamber | A large entrance or reception room or area. The antechamber to an interview room. |
anteroom | An antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room. |
arcade | A covered walk with shops along one or both sides. A shopping arcade. |
avenue | A wide street or thoroughfare. Tree lined avenues surround the hotel. |
boulevard | A wide street or thoroughfare. Sunset Boulevard. |
channel | A service or station using a channel of frequencies. A satellite TV channel. |
concourse | A wide hallway in a building where people can walk. A station concourse. |
corridor | A belt of land linking two other areas or following a road or river. The security forces established corridors for humanitarian supplies. |
esophagus | The passage between the pharynx and the stomach. |
expo | A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. |
foyer | A large entrance or reception room or area. The foyer of the concert hall. |
furrow | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. Fields of ridge and furrow. |
gangway | A raised platform or walkway providing a passage. |
groove | Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. The rhythm section grooves in the true Basie manner. |
hall | A large and imposing house. The elevators were at the end of the hall. |
hallway | An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. |
lane | (in tenpin bowling) a long, narrow strip of floor down which the ball is bowled. She drove along the winding lane. |
lobby | An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor typically through lobbying. They insist on their right to lobby Congress. |
mansion | A terrace or mansion block. Carlyle Mansions. |
narrow | Denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx. The idea of nationalism in the narrowest sense of the word. |
nave | The central area of a church. |
orifice | An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity. The orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart. |
passageway | A long, narrow way, typically having walls either side, that allows access between buildings or to different rooms within a building. The palace was full of secret passageways. |
path | A course of conduct. The path of virtue. |
porch | A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. Daniel and Lydia sat out on the porch for many hours. |
residence | The official home of a government minister or other public or official figure. He refused to live in the governor s residence. |
road | The part of a road intended for vehicles especially in contrast to a verge or pavement. The road to fame. |
shaft | Equip with a shaft. Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight. |
walkway | A passage or path for walking along, especially a raised passageway connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden. |
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