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# passage

«passage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a passage, passages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m1)

2) A passage is a short part of a book, speech or piece of music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m2)

3) A passage is a journey, especially by ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m3)

4) The passage of time means time going by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m4)

5) (formal) Passage of a law means it being accepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils read a passage and answer questions about it (reading comprehension). In buildings a passage joins rooms. In history ships made the passage across the ocean. In stories secret passages hide behind walls. Phrases: a secret passage, read the passage, the passage of time, rite of passage.

### examples

- Read the passage and answer the questions below. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x1)
- A dark passage led to the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x2)
- They found a secret passage behind the bookcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x3)
- The passage across the sea took three weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x4)
- With the passage of time the scar faded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x5)
- The teacher read us a passage from the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x6)
- Keep the passage clear in case of fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x7)
- The pianist played a difficult passage beautifully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x8)
- However, she heard the king coming along the passage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/#x9)

### note

Countable: a passage, passages. Pronounced PASS-ij. Related to «pass». In a house in the UK a passage is often called a hallway or corridor. Do not confuse with «message» or «passenger».

### In the corpora

- [There are passages and rooms everywhere, pillars, arches and stone floors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/1/)
- [Badger's great secret: there is an underground passage from the river-bank right up into the middle of Toad Hall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/0/)
- [And the passage comes up under the butler's pantry, right next to the dining-hall!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/6/)
- [The largest known cave passage is Son Doong in Vietnam, big enough to hold a city block with skyscrapers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/16/)
- [The voyage across the Atlantic was called the Middle Passage; people were chained and crowded into ships for weeks, and many died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «passage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.