Antonyms for passage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pas-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ɪdʒ

Definition of passage

Origin : early 13c., "a road, passage;" late 13c., "action of passing," from Old French passage "mountain pass, passage" (11c.), from passer "to go by" (see pass (v.)). Meaning "corridor in a building" first recorded 1610s. Meaning "a portion of writing" is from 1610s, of music, from 1670s.

noun excerpt from document
noun travel
noun authorization; enactment

Example sentences :

This passage, I say, is inserted to explain the words of Moses which precede it.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

She reached at last the coal-cellar, the first that opened from the passage, and looked in.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

He went to the keyhole of the door leading into the passage.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Once more I started up, and chairs were moved to give me passage.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

He had not told his mother of that passage of love with Aggie Logan.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

"You'll find the lift at the end of the passage," she replied.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

In their passage they fell in with an enemy's ship, far superior to them in force.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The passage home was stormy and long, but offered nothing remarkable.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

There was also an Englishman who worked his passage, having been the cooper of a whaler that was wrecked.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The Sterling was short-handed this passage, mustering but four hands in a watch.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for passage

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