passage

passage is a 7-letter English word with 22 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.
2. intransitive verb. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.
3. intransitive verb. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.
4. intransitive verb. Removal from life; decease; departure; death.
5. intransitive verb. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.
6. intransitive verb. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.
7. intransitive verb. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.
8. intransitive verb. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.
9. intransitive verb. Reception; currency.
10. intransitive verb. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
11. intransitive verb. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
12. intransitive verb. In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
13. noun. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

    Synonyms: transition

14. noun. a journey usually by ship

    "the outward passage took 10 days"

    Synonyms: transit

15. noun. the act of passing something to another person
16. noun. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

    "the passage of air from the lungs"

    "the passing of flatus"

    Synonyms: passing

17. noun. the passing of a law by a legislative body

    Synonyms: enactment

18. noun. a way through or along which someone or something may pass
19. noun. a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

    "the nasal passages"

    Synonyms: passageway

20. noun. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
21. noun. a short section of a musical composition
22. noun. the motion of one object relative to another

    "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

    Synonyms: passing

Synonyms

transition, transit, passing, enactment, passageway

Common word forms

passaged, passager, passages, passaging, passageable

Words from these letters

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