passage

pas|sage [ `pæsıdʒ ] noun ***

▸ 1 long narrow walled area

▸ 2 short section of something

▸ 3 way through a place

▸ 4 movement over place

▸ 5 process of making law

▸ 6 tube in body

▸ 7 (ticket for) sea trip

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a long narrow area with walls on each side that leads from one room or place to another:

There was a small office leading off a passage between the kitchen and the back door.

2. ) count a short section of a book, article, poem, or piece of music, considered on its own: EXTRACT:

He read me a passage from his favorite book.

a ) a particular period, for example in someone's life or in a sports event:

This had been an embarrassing and regrettable passage in her career.

3. ) singular a way through a place, especially when this is difficult:

passage through: Branches and vines blocked our passage through the jungle.

There was an icebreaker clearing a passage for ships through the ice.

a ) (a) safe passage the right to travel in safety through a place:

The army had agreed to allow civilians safe passage out of the area.

4. ) uncount movement past, over, or through a place:

The passage of heavy guns had left deep ruts in the field.

5. ) singular the process by which a bill is discussed in a legislature and becomes law:

passage through: The bill had a surprisingly stormy passage through the Senate.

6. ) count a tube in your body for air or liquid to pass along or pass through:

Her air passages were blocked.

7. ) count a trip or a ticket for a trip by ship to a place:

passage to: He had saved enough money to pay his passage to Europe.

the passage of time

the process by which time passes:

The beauty of the gardens had not faded with the passage of time.

=> BIRD OF PASSAGE, RITE OF PASSAGE