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passage

noun [C] (PART)
 
 
/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/

Definition

B2 a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work: Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.Musical piecesPieces of writing
(Definition of passage noun (PART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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