The meaning of Passage

noun

A passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train.

Usage examples:

The musical had the audience dancing in the aisles

noun

A long, narrow space between rows of seats in an aircraft, theater, church, etc., or between the rows of shelves in a store

noun

The long narrow space between the rows of shelves in a large store, also used to refer to the shelves themselves

Usage examples:

Shopping online means you avoid the crowded supermarket aisles., the frozen food/home baking, etc. …

noun

A narrow passageway between or behind buildings.

Usage examples:

He took a short cut along an alley

noun

A toy marble made of marble, alabaster, or glass.

noun

A narrow road or path between buildings, esp. between the backs of buildings

Usage examples:

I ran down the alley and up the back stairs.

noun

Another term for alley1.

noun

One of the sections into which certain long poems are divided.

Usage examples:

Dante's divine comedy has 100 cantos

noun

A section of a long poem

Usage examples:

Dante's divine comedy has 100 cantos., we examine canto 12, book iv of spenser's "faerie queen".

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

Usage examples:

The majority of the citations are to work published during the past twenty years

noun

Law a citation is an official notice from a court of law

Usage examples:

[ c ] the court could issue a citation against her for disclosing information., [ c ] county police…

verb

Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

Usage examples:

Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited

noun

A citation.

Usage examples:

He just checked the cites and published the opinions unchanged.

noun

The process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another.

Usage examples:

The conversion of food into body tissues

noun

The process of changing from one type of system or organization to another

Usage examples:

Currency conversions, conversion into sth the conversion of euros into us dollars, conversion (from…

noun

A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

Usage examples:

His room lay at the very end of the corridor

noun

A long passage in a building, ship, or train, esp. with rooms on one or both side

Usage examples:

The bathroom is at the end of the corridor., the boston to washington corridor, the route 28 corridor

noun

A place where roads or railway lines cross.

Usage examples:

A stream of cars was waiting for the railway crossing barriers to be opened

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

noun

A place where a road and a railroad cross

Usage examples:

A pedestrian crossing

noun

The process of developing or being developed.

Usage examples:

She traces the development of the novel

noun

The process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced

Usage examples:

[ u ] a good diet and lots of exercise are essential for a child’s healthy growth and development.,…

noun

Growth or changes that make something become more advanced

Usage examples:

The first year of the plan is primarily focused on organizational development., he was recruited to…

noun

An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.

Usage examples:

The southern entrance of the palace

verb

Fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention.

Usage examples:

I was entranced by the city's beauty

noun

A door, gate, etc., by which you can enter a building or place

Usage examples:

[ c ] there are two entrances – one at the front and one at the back of the building., [ u ] entran…

noun

A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.

Usage examples:

She read out excerpts from an article in the times

verb

Take (a short extract) from a text.

Usage examples:

The notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography

noun

A short part taken from a speech, book, etc.

Usage examples:

This article is excerpted from the full report.

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside.

Usage examples:

The man was killed as he walked along a footpath between westdale drive and westdale road, pudsey.

noun

A path for walking

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

noun

A raised platform or walkway providing a passage.

Usage examples:

As they dig amid the rubble, recovery workers are uncovering corridors and gangways that lead to th…

exclamation

Make way!

Usage examples:

He yelled: "gangway for the padre! let him out."

noun

A passage for walking, esp. on a ship, or a gangplank

noun

A narrow passage between buildings; an alley.

Usage examples:

Just after midnight the man was returning home via a ginnel running from skipton road to main stree…

noun

An act of leaving a place; a departure.

Usage examples:

Don't lose track of your child's comings and goings

adjective

Existing or available; to be had.

Usage examples:

He asked if there were any other jobs going

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

noun

The room or space just inside the front entrance of a house or flat.

Usage examples:

Set on five acres, there is a reception hall, drawing room, anteroom, dining room, kitchen, pantry,…

noun

Another term for hall (sense 1 of the noun).

noun

A hall

noun

A narrow road, especially in a rural area.

Usage examples:

She drove along the winding lane

noun

One of two or more marked paths in a road to keep vehicles traveling in the same direction a safe distance apart

Usage examples:

That section of interstate 95 is a four-lane highway, with two northbound lanes and two southbound …

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

Usage examples:

The persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis

noun

A complete change of character, appearance, or condition

Usage examples:

[ c ] she underwent a metamorphosis from a steady player into a ruthless aggressor on the court.

noun

The action or process of moving or being moved.

Usage examples:

The laws of planetary motion

verb

Direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head.

Usage examples:

He motioned dennis to a plush chair

noun

The act or process of moving, or a particular movement

Usage examples:

[ u ] his range of motion was exactly equal on both sides., [ c ] she moved her finger in a circula…

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

noun

An act of moving.

Usage examples:

A slight movement of the body

noun

The act or process of changing a situation or event, or of changing the way something happens or is done

Usage examples:

[ c ] there has been a movement toward smaller families., the women’s movement works for better job…

noun

A change in a number, price, etc. for example on a financial market

Usage examples:

Movements in sth short-term movements in currency are difficult to predict., this stock market repo…

adjective

In motion.

Usage examples:

A fast-moving river

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

The act or process of someone going to live or work in a different place, or of a company taking all or part of its business to a different place

Usage examples:

Any moving expenses will be paid by the company.

noun

A distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.

Usage examples:

The concluding paragraph

verb

Arrange (a piece of writing) in paragraphs.

Usage examples:

His style deploys a lack of conventional paragraphing

noun

A short part of a text that begins on a new line and consists of one or more sentences dealing with a single idea

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A long, narrow way, typically having walls either side, that allows access between buildings or to different rooms within a building.

Usage examples:

Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway off the main street

noun

→  passage

adjective

Going past.

Usage examples:

Passing cars

noun

The passage of something, especially time.

Usage examples:

With the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

A way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.

Usage examples:

The path continues alongside the river for half a mile

combining form

Denoting a practitioner of curative treatment.

Usage examples:

Homeopath

noun

A track that constitutes or serves as a path.

Usage examples:

A tree-lined pathway

noun

A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.

Usage examples:

‘to improve standards’ is the key phrase here

verb

Put into a particular form of words.

Usage examples:

It's important to phrase the question correctly

An expression consisting of one or more words

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

Forward or onward movement towards a destination.

Usage examples:

The darkness did not stop my progress

verb

Move forward or onward in space or time.

Usage examples:

As the century progressed the quality of telescopes improved

noun

Movement toward an improved or more developed state, or to a forward position

Usage examples:

The talks failed to make any progress toward a settlement., the construction work is already in pro…

noun

The process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state.

Usage examples:

Good opportunities for career progression

noun

The process of changing or developing towards an improved situation or state

Usage examples:

(a) progression toward(s)/to sth the progression towards fairer and more open markets is happening …

noun

A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.

Usage examples:

A quotation from mark twain

noun

A group of words from a book, play, speech, etc., that are repeated by someone who did not write them

Usage examples:

A quotation from shakespeare prefaces the novel., he called back to say the price quotes were "not …

noun

A statement of how much a job, service, or product will cost

Usage examples:

A quotation for sth you can request a quotation for professional indemnity insurance online., get/g…

verb

Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person).

Usage examples:

I realized she was quoting passages from shakespeare

noun

A quotation from a text or speech.

Usage examples:

A quote from wordsworth

noun

The action or skill of reading.

Usage examples:

The reading of a will

verb

Look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.

Usage examples:

It's the best novel i've ever read

proper noun

A town in berkshire, southern england, on the river kennet near its junction with the river thames; population 142,300 (est. 2009).

noun

A wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use.

Usage examples:

A country road

noun

A route for traveling between places by vehicle, esp. one that has been specially surfaced and made flat

Usage examples:

[ c ] a gravel/dirt/paved road, [ u ] 82 mill road

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …

noun

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

Usage examples:

Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun

The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen

Usage examples:

[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun

The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought

Usage examples:

The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…

noun

A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

Usage examples:

Start sentences with subjects and verbs, and let other words branch off to the right.

verb

Declare the punishment decided for (an offender).

Usage examples:

Ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment

noun

A group of words, usually containing a subject and a verb, expressing a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation, and, when written, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period or other mark

Usage examples:

Your sentences are too long and complicated., she served a three-year prison sentence., he was sent…

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Usage examples:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

noun

A narrow passage between houses; an alleyway.

Usage examples:

Bradford's snickets, the alleyways and passages which link streets and roads, are often well-used, …

noun

A small piece or brief extract.

Usage examples:

Snippets of information about the war

noun

A small bit or part of something

Usage examples:

I’ll watch snippets of baseball games, but i just don’t have that much time to sit and watch the wh…

noun

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Usage examples:

First, with respect to prosody, he believes that the syllable count of poetic lines, strophes, stan…

noun

A related group of lines in a poem or song; a verse

noun

A book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form.

Usage examples:

A text which explores pain and grief

verb

Send (someone) a text message.

Usage examples:

If she was going to go she would have texted us

noun

A road or path forming a route between two places.

Usage examples:

A scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare

noun

A road that connects to other roads

Usage examples:

I live right on the main thoroughfare.

noun

A rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed.

Usage examples:

Follow the track to the farm

verb

Follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.

Usage examples:

Secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight

verb

Tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.

Usage examples:

He was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids

noun

A path formed by the repeated treading of people or animals.

Usage examples:

A narrow beaten trackway into the forest

noun

The carrying of people or things from one place to another.

Usage examples:

A painting was damaged in transit

verb

Pass across or through (an area).

Usage examples:

The new large ships will be too big to transit the panama canal

noun

The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Usage examples:

Students in transition from one programme to another

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition.

Usage examples:

He transitioned into filmmaking easily

noun

The process of changing, or a change from one form or condition to another

Usage examples:

[ u ] it was a neighborhood in transition from jewish to italian with a sprinkling of irish., [ c ]…

adjective

Going or being transported from place to place.

Usage examples:

A travelling exhibition of dutch 17th-century masterpieces

noun

The action or activity of going from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

One thing i've learned from travelling is that you have to respect other countries

verb

Go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length.

Usage examples:

The vessel had been travelling from libya to ireland

verb

Travel across or through.

Usage examples:

He traversed the forest

noun

An act of traversing something.

Usage examples:

High-level walks in the dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents

noun

A movement performed in dressage, in which the horse moves parallel to the side of the arena, with its shoulders carried closer to the wall than its hindquarters and its body curved towards the centre.

Usage examples:

Try some travers

noun

(in sussex) a narrow path or passage between two walls or hedges.

Usage examples:

‘i just saw meriel wandering off down the twitten past the withy towards the rife’ would make perfe…

noun

A narrow lane or passage between buildings; an alley.

Usage examples:

Do you know why some of the houses are end on to the high street with these vennels in between them?

noun

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

Usage examples:

A lament in verse

verb

Speak in or compose verse; versify.

Usage examples:

He began to verse extemporaneously in her ear

combining form

Denoting an area of activity or interest or a section of society distinguished by a particular characteristic.

Usage examples:

Mediaverse

noun

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.

Usage examples:

Six local organisations say the scheme will ruin leafy cycle and walkways along the east lancashire…

noun

A passage or path, especially one that is covered or raised above the ground

noun

A method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.

Usage examples:

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

adverb

At or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).

Usage examples:

His understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

suffix

Equivalent to -ways.

noun

A narrow street or alley.

Usage examples:

Friars wynd