passage

About 38.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

   passage of scripture

2. noun Part of a path or journey.

   He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.

3. noun An incident or episode.
4. noun The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.

5. noun The advance of time.
6. noun The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
7. noun A passageway or corridor.
8. noun A strait or other narrow waterway.

   the Northwest Passage

Similar words

enactment transition transit passing passageway handing over musical passage pipe excerpt text

Often followed by

of in from to is through and which that

Word family

passaged passages passaging