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Antonyms for passages
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pas-ij |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ɪdʒ |
Definition of passages
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 path for travel
- noun excerpt from document
- noun travel
- noun authorization; enactment
- She came up to me, and repeated all these passages with tears.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- We are at work not on the truth of passages, but solely on their meaning.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- But others argue that these passages are only translations from the Greek.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- For other passages containing the comedy of "peering," v. Bac.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- Passages taken at haphazard will suffice to establish my contention.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Both our passages were pleasant, and give me nothing to relate.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Mrs Merdle, during these passages, said little to Fanny, but said more about her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- They were as if linked together, parted merely by the narrowest of passages.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Mr. Stryver had left them in the passages, to shoulder his way back to the robing-room.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- The passages were crowded, and there were people even on the stage.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for passages
- acceptance
- access
- advance
- alley
- alleyway
- allowance
- avenue
- change
- channel
- clause
- conversion
- corridor
- course
- crossing
- doorway
- entrance
- entrance hall
- establishment
- exit
- extract
- flow
- freedom
- gap
- hall
- hallway
- journey
- lane
- legalization
- legislation
- line
- lobby
- motion
- movement
- opening
- paragraph
- passing
- passport
- pathway
- permission
- piece
- portion
- progress
- progression
- quotation
- ratification
- reading
- right
- road
- route
- safe-conduct
- section
- sentence
- shaft
- subway
- text
- thoroughfare
- tour
- traject
- transfer
- transference
- transit
- transition
- transmission
- transmittal
- transmittance
- traverse
- traversing
- trek
- trip
- tunnel
- verse
- vestibule
- visa
- voyage
- warrant
- way
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