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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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