passage
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈpæsɪdʒ/
:
pasadizo
- These passages lead under the entire city.
- allow passage
- prevent passage
- free passage
A vector is a route for passage of a virus.
- A vector is a route for passage of a virus.
- I'd putting in a secret passage would be cool.
- He said, walk me back down the passage, down the hall, laid me on the bed.
- There is a deal currently in place that the Taliban will provide folks a safe passage to the airport.
- A lot of talk about also Marupol and the disasters of the safe passage corridors here.
- So how can we get involved in helping our veteran population see their partners find safe passage and get resettled?
- And as I said then connected by escalator barrels and and then the cross passages in between.
- He had bridges built across the Seine and Lua to hinder passage of Viking ships, and he fortified towns and abbeys.
- So the answer is that they actually act as cushions to protect the anal area from the passage of stool.
Examples
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There is a deal currently in place that the Taliban will provide folks a safe passage to the airport.
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And she retraced her steps down the long passage as silently as she had come.
Fiction book (1991) -
Go to weapons storage, your second left, through the passage.
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There is a passage above the shops.
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But once you get her to that show, I guarantee you safe passage to San Diego.
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The service tunnel, 4.8 meters in diameter, provides a passage for maintenance and emergency vehicles.
Academic text (1993) -
Many dams provide fish passage, but hardly any are operated to maximize salmon survival.
Academic text (2017) -
The architect designed a hidden passage that connects the two buildings.
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The soldiers cleared a safe passage through the dense forest to advance toward the enemy.
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To find the passage leading to the secret chamber, you must solve the riddle.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A path or road from one place to another
279
1.2
An opening or door used to go into a building
179
1.0
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
155
2.7
An opening in clothing like the back of a jacket that lets air in
145
4.1
A tube that carries a liquid or gas from one place to another
75
6.0
Surgically made passage that sends blood around a blocked artery
50
3.2
A long narrow space that connects rooms or parts of a building
18
2.6
A small area inside a building next to the front door where people enter
10
7.0
A small tube in the body that carries liquids like sweat or tears
1
3.5
A channel that moves air in or out of places like buildings and mines
1
3.9
An opening between a kitchen and dining room for passing food
A route or way used to go from one place to another
Antonyms
Compounds
30
5.7
A ceremony that marks an important change in a person's life, for example becoming an adult
4
7.5
A sea route through the Arctic along the north coast of North America that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
1
5.6
A long water route along the coast for boats from Seattle to Skagway, protected by islands
- UK
A less-used hallway at the back of a building that people use for private or service access
A protected water route along the coast of southeastern Alaska used by ships and boats
A narrow sea channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
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Morphology
Etymology
Passage comes from the old verb pass and the French passer, meaning 'to pass' or 'go through'. That's why a narrow passage is a way or channel you can 'pass through' to get from one place to another.