passage — meaning in English
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English meaning
- changeover noun A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
- excerpt noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
- gangway noun A narrow passage or aisle used to enter or exit somewhere, such as between seats or buildings.
- pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
- passage noun A short section of a text, speech, or piece of music.
- passageway noun A narrow corridor or route allowing movement between places.
- stint noun A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity.
- thoroughfare noun A public road or street that runs through an area, connecting one place to another.
Senses
passage is used for these senses in English:
- changeover A conversion or transition from one thing to another.
- pass An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- pass A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- passage A passageway or corridor.
- passageway A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
- stint A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
- thoroughfare (now, _, rare, _, except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.
excerpt — full definition
- noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
- verb To take a passage out of a longer work in order to quote or publish it separately.