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Passage
ˈpasɪdʒ
- the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another
"there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock"
- the action or process of moving forward
"despite the passage of time she still loved him"
- the right to pass through somewhere
"we obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy"
- a journey by sea or air
"I booked a passage on the next ship"
- (of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination
"the species occurs regularly on passage"
- a narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway
"the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage"
corridor passageway hall hallway entrance hall entrance walkway aisle gangway alley alleyway lane path pathway way footpath track trackway road thoroughfare- a duct, vessel, or other channel in the body
- the process of transition from one state to another
"an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge"
- the passing of a bill into law
"a catalyst for the unrest was the passage of a privatization law"
- a short extract from a book or other printed material
"he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again"
extract excerpt quotation quote citation cite reading section piece selection part snippet fragment portion- a section of a piece of music
"an orchestral passage"
- an episode in a spell of longer activity such as a sporting event
"a neat passage of midfield play"
- the propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence
"cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time"
- subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage
"each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively"