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passage

passage

41 3.8
A journey by ship from one place to another
  • noun
  • /ˈpæsɪdʒ/
translation icon : travesía
  • And your passage to Rome, Arthur.
  • pay for a passage
  • book a passage
  • safe passage

It was easier to apply for assisted passage if you were a couple and you would get housing.

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Examples

  • I will grant safe passage for you and your girlfriend.

  • I shall book you a passage back to London.

  • I sold everything I owned to get my passage to come here, but my books...

  • Good morning, Captain... I'm looking for passage to Rome, for both of us...

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I have taken a passage for Calais on Thursday next.

  • Haas would have enough money to buy his passage out in another week or two.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • When her father had accumulated enough money to pay for her passage, he sent for her.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And he says when booking passage on the Titanic, it's best to go first class.

  • And there's always first-class passage available.

  • We booked passage on a cruise ship to explore the tropical islands.

Synonyms

way
vspassage
1.0

A path or road from one place to another

is the actual journey taken, especially when it happens by ship
trip
vspassage
1.0

A journey to a place and back for work or fun

is similar but emphasizes movement especially by sea rather than return
cruise
vspassage
420 2.8

A journey on a large ship for pleasure that visits several places

is the neutral sea journey idea without the leisure or sightseeing focus
crossing
vspassage
42 1.9

Going across something like a road, river, or sea

is the entire journey between places often by ship
sail
vspassage
38 1.4

A trip by boat for pleasure on the sea

is neutral travel by sea and does not imply leisure purpose
transit
vspassage
21 3.7

A journey that moves goods or people from one place to another, often by ship

is a more general, everyday word for that sea journey
sailing
vspassage
9 1.4

A planned trip by a ship or boat that leaves at a set time

is the broader idea of a sea journey without schedule focus
traverse
vspassage
1 6.7

A movement across a slope or area to go from one side to the other

is specifically about travel between places, especially by sea
ocean trip
vspassage
1 1.4

A journey across the ocean by ship or boat

covers any sea journey, not only those crossing the ocean
transpass
vspassage
  • Archaic
9.9

A route or way used to go from one place to another

is the modern common word for the same movement by sea

Compounds

A ceremony that marks an important change in a person's life, for example becoming an adult

A sea route through the Arctic along the north coast of North America that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

air passage
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A channel that moves air in or out of places like buildings and mines

A long water route along the coast for boats from Seattle to Skagway, protected by islands

A person who moves from place to place and does not settle

A bird that travels to another region each year

7.2

A less-used hallway at the back of a building that people use for private or service access

musical passage
  • Specialized
3.7

A short part of a piece of music with its own sound or idea

A protected water route along the coast of southeastern Alaska used by ships and boats

purple passage
  • Literature
9.3

A part of writing that uses too many fancy words

A narrow sea channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea

How Long

expedition
358 4.1
voyage
154 3.1
passage
41 3.8
to journey
40 2.6
trip
1.0

Surface Forms

passage singular
passages plural

Morphology

passage = pass (transparent) = pass + age

This sense denotes a voyage or journey (the act/result of passing from one place to another), a straightforward nominalization with '-age'.

Etymology

Passage comes from the old verb pass and the French passer, meaning 'to pass' or 'cross'. So a sea passage is the trip of 'passing' across water from one place to another.