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Type Words
Synonyms enactment
Type of lawmaking, legislating, legislation
Derivation pass
Type Words
Synonyms passing
Type of response, reaction


the passage of air from the lungs.
Type Words
Synonyms transition
Type of change of state
Has types segue, fossilisation, fossilization
Derivation pass
Type Words
Synonyms transit
Type of journeying, journey
Has types lockage


the outward passage took 10 days.
Type Words
Synonyms musical passage
Type of piece, opus, piece of music, composition, musical composition
Has types largo, allegretto, allegro, andante, cadence, cadenza, forte, fortissimo, impromptu, intro, adagio, modulation, musical phrase, phrase, recitative, transition
Type Words
Synonyms passing
Type of motion, movement
Derivation pass
Type Words
Synonyms passageway
Type of bodily structure, anatomical structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
Has types oesophagus, opening, esophagus, canal, carpal tunnel, birth canal, fistula, channel, porta, gullet, meatus, sinusoid, sinus, shunt, fauces, duct, epicardia, gorge, orifice, root canal, epithelial duct


the nasal passages.
Type Words
Synonyms handing over
Type of delivery, bringing
Has types relay
Derivation pass
Type Words
Type of subdivision, section
Has types excerption, locus classicus, selection, excerpt, place, extract, transition, text, purple passage
Type Words
Type of way
Has types passageway, throat, aisle, cul, conduit, shaft, dead end, cul de sac, adit, channel, right of way, fish ladder

Examples of passage

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The test, a rite of passage, turns its highest scorers into instant celebrities.
From the abcnews.go.com
Passage of time is a boon for another entity indirectly involved in the project.
From the thenewstribune.com
A visitor crawls through a skinny passage way in Lower Cave at Carlsbad Caverns.
From the dailyherald.com
One critical step now would be passage of a surface transportation funding bill.
From the suntimes.com
The passage of time promises to bring challenges that will be tough to overcome.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The bottom line is that Americans take college as a given, as a rite of passage.
From the forbes.com
Egan's novel about the passage of time won the Pulitzer for best fiction Monday.
From the kentucky.com
This enables them to gain passage into or out of the lymphatic transport system.
From the sciencedaily.com
Piza was my lifeline, my passage to London, and held all my personal belongings.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • The act of passing from one state or place to the next
  • A section of text; particularly a section of medium length
  • A way through or along which someone or something may pass
  • Enactment: the passing of a law by a legislative body
  • A journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
  • A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
  • Passage (2007) is a historical novel by John David Morley, the story of one manu2019s journey through five centuries of existence in the New World.
  • Passage is a documentary partly based on the book Fatal Passage about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. ...
  • Passage is a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2008. It is the third in the tetralogy The Sharing Knife.