Entry Word: passage

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an established course for traveling from one place to another <the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California>

Synonyms approach, avenue, path, route, way

Related Words bypath, byway, lane; bypass, drive, freeway, highway, road, street, thoroughfare; trace, track, trail; airway; channel, watercourse, waterway; door, doorway, gate, gateway, portal

2 a going from one place to another usually of some distance <an arduous passage across the country> — see journey
3 a journey over water in a vessel <the passage to Britain requires several days> — see sail
4 a part taken from a longer work <quoted a passage from the novel> — see excerpt
5 forward movement in time or place <a swift passage from mere liking to actual love> — see advance 1