passage
/ˈpæsɪdʒ/
noun
- A narrow way or corridor that allows movement from one place to another.
- The hotel had a long passage connecting the lobby to the restaurant.
- We walked down a dark passage to reach the basement.
- The passage led to a hidden garden behind the house.
- A section or excerpt from a written work or piece of music.
- The musician played a difficult passage on the piano.
- The teacher asked the students to analyze a passage from the poem.
- She read a beautiful passage from the novel aloud.
- The act of moving from one place or state to another; journey or transition.
- They booked a passage on a ship to cross the Atlantic.
- The passage of time seemed to slow down during the long summer.
- The ritual marked the passage from childhood to adulthood.
- The process of a bill becoming law through a legislative body.
- The passage of the resolution was celebrated by the committee.
- The passage of the new law took several months of debate.
- The senator worked hard to ensure the passage of the education bill.
Antonyms
verb
- To move or cause to move slowly or gradually; to go past.
- The years passage quickly when you're having fun.
- The clouds passage across the sky all afternoon.
- She watched the parade passage down the main street.