passage
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,121 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,360 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of passing from one state or place to the next also: transition
- a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- a way through or along which someone or something may pass
- the passing of a law by a legislative body also: enactment
- a journey usually by ship also: transit the outward passage took 10 days
- a short section of a musical composition also: musical passage
passage in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The translation of the passage (B. v.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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The Pit was entered by cellar steps, and through a half-lighted, subterranean passage.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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The price of passage is fixed at $1,250, currency, for each adult passenger.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He would take nothing for my passage, gave me twenty ducats for the leopard's skin, and thirty for the lion's.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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I went after him into a low unlit passage, at the back of which a ladder-like staircase rose into obscurity.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1