passage

noun

ˈpa-sij How to pronounce passage (audio)
Definition of passagenext
1
as in route
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

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2
as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance an arduous passage across the country

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3
as in voyage
a journey over water in a vessel the passage to Britain requires several days

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4
as in excerpt
a part taken from a longer work the news report quoted a passage from the novel

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5
as in process
forward movement in time or place a swift passage from mere liking to actual love

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6
as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison

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Recent Examples of passage Participants will have to stick to an average speed of below 50 kilometers an hour, on roads open to regular traffic, and will be submitted to time controls, passage checks, average speed trials and regularity trials. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 July 2026 The passage of time has only sharpened the lessons of Entebbe for me. — Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Other passages in Genesis Rabbah read Lot’s separation from Abraham as a sign of moral deficiency and covenantal distance, the latter underscored by God’s speaking to Abraham only after Lot’s departure. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026 More restrictions followed, and eventually animosity toward new immigrants led to the passage of laws in the 1920s creating a quota system tied to nationality. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for passage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passage
  1. route
  2. trip
  3. voyage
  4. excerpt
  5. process
  6. death
  7. path
  8. expedition
Noun
  • Its terminals, including those at KFIP, have provided the world’s largest crude exporter with a vital alternative route while helping sustain global supplies and limiting the rise in oil prices.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Employers staggered work schedules, commuters mapped alternate routes and many residents avoided the city altogether.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • My father had flown from China for the tournament, a trip planned years in advance around a national team that ultimately failed to qualify.
    — Shaoyu Yuan, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • All those visitors statistically ensure that some trips will occasionally go awry—or turn deadly.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of trip
Noun
  • That would have amounted to approximately $27 million per voyage for a very large oil tanker, according to shipping association BIMCO.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Yet, as human spaceflight and voyages beyond Earth-orbit come to prominence once more, with proposals for an outpost on the moon, there is a greater chance of an astronaut being injured and therefore a greater need for medical X-rays in space.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of voyage
Noun
  • The Times ran an excerpt of it with their story about the suit.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • Read an exclusive excerpt from Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 below.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of excerpt
Noun
  • For many steps in the process at Hyundai’s sprawling Georgia auto factory, vehicles take shape without a person in sight.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • But even by the standards of the state’s direct democracy process, the 2026 election stands out.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of process
Noun
  • Brown’s wife was Bruneau’s best friend at the time of the victim’s death, and both women worked as flight attendants for Braniff Airlines, a Grapevine police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit filed in June.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • The death was the fourth reported at a Sacramento County jail facility in 2026 and the second this year at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of death
Noun
  • Asking for help is a sign of strength, and taking that first step can put you on the path to feeling better.
    — Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press appears to show a white sedan, believed to be Durán Guerrero on his way to work, driving in circles near an intersection before an unmarked vehicle blocks its path.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of path
Noun
  • The Catalan conquistador led the first mainland expedition of Europeans up and down what’s now California.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • From the earliest pioneering expeditions and nighttime escapes from bondage to the modern-day road trip, Americans are a people on the move – restless, ambitious and innovative.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of expedition

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