passage

/ˈpæsɪdʒ/ noun

Translation

SPACE [C] ( also passageway,

/ˈpæsɪdzweɪ/) › a long, narrow space that connects one place to another

geçit, dehliz

There's a passage to the side of the house, leading to the garden.762

WRITING/MUSIC [C] › a short part of a book, speech, or piece of music

parça, bölüm, pasaj

She can quote whole passages from the novel.275

TUBE [C] › a tube in your body that allows air, liquid, etc to pass through it

yol, kanal, tüp

the nasal/respiratory passages533

PROGRESS [U, no plural] › the movement or progress from one stage or place to another

geçiş, ilerleme

It's a difficult passage from boyhood to manhood.1660

the passage of time literary › the way that time passes

geçiş, akış, ilerleyiş

Love changes with the passage of time.1548

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

real or true

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