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 At a press conference, school board member Frank Martin read excerpts from the novel out loud, focusing on a passage where one of Vonnegut’s characters, Kilgore Trout, reimagines the story of Christ’s crucifixion. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026 Walking through it, which the work impels one to do, shows that the six sections of Shift afford a sequence of passages down into and across the terrain. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Taken as a whole, this is as much a comedy as a drama, alternating passages of light and dark; characters will change their mind about one another, as the viewer will change their mind about them. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The most persuasive passages in The Radiance occur when its articulate narrator cannot quite tell us what happened to him. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 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
  • The Houthis recently captured the strategic port city of Mokha and several Red Sea islands, extending their reach toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a maritime route through which about 12% of global trade passes.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Mapping And Strengthening Your Handoffs ​Modern AI can capture conversations, identify patterns, organize evidence and route insights directly into the workflows where decisions are made.
    — Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • Like his protagonist, Bill, the first-time filmmaker — also a famed author, journalist and podcaster in his native Sweden — chaperoned a school trip to the Stockholm Archipelago in a bid to reconnect with his daughter.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The final few days of the trip offer passengers the chance to explore Funchal, Madeira, and Portimão, Portugal, along with two sea days before disembarking in Lisbon, Portugal.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of trip
Noun
  • All of this to say that travelers should always take a good look at the itinerary and how sea days and port days are spread throughout the voyage.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The European Space Agency (ESA) probe stopped by only to pick up a gravity assist to continue its voyage to Jupiter and its moons.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of voyage
Noun
  • The following excerpt is adapted from their new biography of Pope Leo, American Pope, out Tuesday.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Ahead of Swan Song hitting bookshelves on September 22, multiple outlets published explosive excerpts from the book.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of excerpt
Noun
  • Months later, a report found the state hadn't complied with its own lethal injection process since its revision in 2018, resulting in executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Kretzschmar and his lawyers, however, argued in state court in Tompkins County that the process was fundamentally unfair, including because he was found responsible for an offense that was not listed in his initial set of administrative charges.
    — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of process
Noun
  • Quavo recently opened up about how the death of his nephew and Migos groupmate Takeoff impacted his then-fractured relationship with fellow group member Offset.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • When the event is death or violence, forecasting is readily perceived as not only monetizing harm but possibly even incentivizing it.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of death
Noun
  • The path of regulation In 2022, the Congressional Budget Office distilled decades of health care policy fights into a single PowerPoint slide.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Moderate flooding of sea water is possibly over some vulnerable low-lying coastal areas, especially around the morning and evening high tides, including over beach parking lots, bike paths, and harbor walkways.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of path
Noun
  • The avalanche occurred at a base camp on Himlung Himal in Nepal, when the workers were preparing for climbers to arrive for an expedition, Reuters reported, citing Tul Singh Gurung, president of Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA).
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The expedition also established a coring system designed to meet standards set by the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of expedition

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“Passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passage. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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