passage

/ˈpæsɪdʒ/ noun

Definition

SPACE [C] (also passageway,

/ˈpæsɪdzweɪ/) › a long, narrow space that connects one place to another: There's a passage to the side of the house, leading to the garden.

WRITING/MUSIC [C] › a short part of a book, speech, or piece of music: She can quote whole passages from the novel.

TUBE [C] › a tube in your body that allows air, liquid, etc to pass through it: the nasal/respiratory passages

PROGRESS [U, no plural] › the movement or progress from one stage or place to another: It's a difficult passage from boyhood to manhood.

the passage of time literary › the way that time passes: Love changes with the passage of time.

(Definition of passage noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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