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 →

2) A passage is a short part of a book, speech or piece of music. tree →

3) A passage is a journey, especially by ship. tree →

4) The passage of time means time going by. tree →

5) (formal) Passage of a law means it being accepted. tree →

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 →
• A dark passage led to the kitchen. tree →
• They found a secret passage behind the bookcase. tree →
• The passage across the sea took three weeks. tree →
• With the passage of time the scar faded. tree →
• The teacher read us a passage from the story. tree →
• Keep the passage clear in case of fire. tree →
• The pianist played a difficult passage beautifully. tree →
• However, she heard the king coming along the passage. tree →

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.
• Badger's great secret: there is an underground passage from the river-bank right up into the middle of Toad Hall.
• And the passage comes up under the butler's pantry, right next to the dining-hall!
• The largest known cave passage is Son Doong in Vietnam, big enough to hold a city block with skyscrapers.
• The voyage across the Atlantic was called the Middle Passage; people were chained and crowded into ships for weeks, and many died.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «passage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.