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passage
Overview of noun passage
The noun passage has 10 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (6) passage, transition -- (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)
2. (5) passage -- (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)
3. (4) passage -- (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)
4. (3) enactment, passage -- (the passing of a law by a legislative body)
5. (3) passage, transit -- (a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days")
6. (2) passage, musical passage -- (a short section of a musical composition)
7. (1) passage, passageway -- (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages")
8. (1) passage, passing -- (a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus")
9. passing, passage -- (the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets")
10. passage, handing over -- (the act of passing something to another person)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun passage
10 senses of passage
Sense 1
passage, transition
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
passage
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
passage
=> way
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
enactment, passage
=> legislation, legislating, lawmaking
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
passage, transit
=> journey, journeying
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
passage, musical passage
=> musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
passage, passageway
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
passage, passing
=> reaction, response
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
passing, passage
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
passage, handing over
=> delivery, bringing
=> transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
=> movement
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun passage
7 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 1
passage, transition
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> segue
Sense 2
passage
=> excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
=> locus classicus
=> place
=> purple passage
=> transition
=> text
Sense 3
passage
=> adit
=> aisle
=> channel
=> conduit
=> cul, cul de sac, dead end
=> fish ladder
=> passageway
=> right of way
=> shaft
=> throat
Sense 5
passage, transit
=> lockage
Sense 6
passage, musical passage
=> allegro
=> intro
=> phrase, musical phrase
=> cadence
=> cadenza
=> largo
=> adagio
=> recitative
=> transition, modulation
=> impromptu
Sense 7
passage, passageway
=> birth canal
=> meatus
=> orifice, opening, porta
=> duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
=> sinusoid
=> carpal tunnel
=> root canal
=> esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet
=> epicardia
=> fauces
=> fistula, sinus
=> shunt
Sense 10
passage, handing over
=> relay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun passage
10 senses of passage
Sense 1
passage, transition
=> change of state
Sense 2
passage
=> section, subdivision
Sense 3
passage
=> way
Sense 4
enactment, passage
=> legislation, legislating, lawmaking
Sense 5
passage, transit
=> journey, journeying
Sense 6
passage, musical passage
=> musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
Sense 7
passage, passageway
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Sense 8
passage, passing
=> reaction, response
Sense 9
passing, passage
=> movement, motion
Sense 10
passage, handing over
=> delivery, bringing
Antonyms of noun passage
Member Holonyms of noun passage
Substance Holonyms of noun passage
Part Holonyms of noun passage
1 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 2
passage
PART OF: text, textual matter
Member Meronyms of noun passage
Substance Meronyms of noun passage
Part Meronyms of noun passage
Meronyms of noun passage
Holonyms of noun passage
1 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 2
passage
PART OF: text, textual matter
Attributes of noun passage
Derived Forms of noun passage
4 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 1
passage, transition
RELATED TO>(verb) pass#19
=> sink, pass, lapse
Sense 4
enactment, passage
RELATED TO>(verb) pass#3
=> legislate, pass
Sense 9
passing, passage
RELATED TO>(verb) pass#7
=> pass, overtake, overhaul
Sense 10
passage, handing over
RELATED TO>(verb) pass#5
=> pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Domain of noun passage
1 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 4
enactment, passage
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun passage
Familiarity of noun passage
passage used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun passage
10 senses of passage
Sense 1
passage, transition
> change of state
=> aeration
=> passage, transition
=> meddling, tampering
=> transfer, transference
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> nullification, override
=> reversal
=> beginning, start, commencement
=> arousal, rousing
=> cooking, cookery, preparation
=> seasoning
=> infusion
=> improvement
=> beautification
=> decoration
=> worsening
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of color
=> soiling, soilure, dirtying
=> wetting
=> chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
=> defoliation
=> specialization, specialisation
=> spiritualization, spiritualisation
Sense 2
passage
> section, subdivision
=> lead, lead-in, lede
=> canto
=> above
=> sports section
=> article, clause
=> book
=> chapter
=> episode
=> spot
=> spot
=> insert
=> introduction
=> narration
=> conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
=> passage
=> mezuzah, mezuza
=> sura
=> exposition
=> obbligato, obligato
=> recapitulation
=> development
Sense 3
passage
> way
=> access, approach
=> lane
=> passage
=> path
=> road, route
=> stairway, staircase
=> watercourse, waterway
Sense 4
enactment, passage
> legislation, legislating, lawmaking
=> criminalization, criminalisation
=> decriminalization, decriminalisation
=> enactment, passage
Sense 5
passage, transit
> journey, journeying
=> commute
=> drive, ride
=> long haul
=> mush
=> odyssey
=> trip
=> passage, transit
=> expedition
=> digression, excursion
=> schlep, shlep
=> trek
=> tour, circuit
=> pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey
=> excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
=> voyage
=> way
Sense 6
passage, musical passage
> musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
=> morceau
=> sheet music
=> musical arrangement, arrangement
=> realization, realisation
=> intermezzo
=> introit
=> solo
=> duet, duette, duo
=> trio
=> quartet, quartette
=> quintet, quintette
=> sextet, sextette, sestet
=> septet, septette
=> octet, octette
=> bagatelle
=> divertimento, serenade
=> canon
=> etude
=> pastorale, pastoral, idyll
=> toccata
=> fantasia
=> passage, musical passage
=> allegro
=> movement
=> largo
=> larghetto
=> suite
=> symphonic poem, tone poem
=> medley, potpourri, pastiche
=> nocturne, notturno
=> adagio
=> song, vocal
=> study
=> capriccio
=> motet
=> program music, programme music
=> incidental music
Sense 7
passage, passageway
> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> layer
=> apodeme
=> calyculus, caliculus, calycle
=> tooth
=> pad
=> gill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleft
=> gill arch, branchial arch, gill bar
=> peristome
=> syrinx
=> bulb
=> carina
=> cauda
=> chiasma, chiasm, decussation
=> cingulum
=> concha
=> filament, filum
=> germ
=> infundibulum
=> interstice
=> landmark
=> limbus
=> rib
=> blade
=> radicle
=> plexus, rete
=> tube, tube-shaped structure
=> passage, passageway
=> fundus
=> funiculus
=> head
=> cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
=> root, tooth root
=> capsule
=> uvea
=> membranous labyrinth
=> bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth
=> glans
=> alveolar bed
=> valve
=> vascular structure
=> lacrimal apparatus
=> cytoskeleton
=> nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
=> centromere, kinetochore
=> aster
=> neural structure
=> fold, plica
=> gyrus, convolution
=> cartilaginous structure
=> ball
=> plate
=> horny structure, unguis
=> skeletal structure
=> costa
=> head
=> bridge
=> rotator cuff
=> cornu
=> corona
=> receptor
=> zone, zona
Sense 8
passage, passing
> reaction, response
=> automatism
=> rebound
=> overreaction
=> galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon
=> immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response
=> tropism
=> taxis
=> kinesis
=> double take
=> reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
=> learned reaction, learned response
=> passage, passing
=> answer
=> transfusion reaction
Sense 9
passing, passage
> movement, motion
=> crustal movement, tectonic movement
=> approach, approaching
=> passing, passage
=> deflection, deflexion
=> bending, bend
=> change of location, travel
=> wave, undulation
=> jitter
=> periodic motion, periodic movement
=> heave
=> recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
=> recoil, kick
=> seek
=> squeeze, wring
=> throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> turning, turn
=> twist, wrench
=> undulation
=> wave, moving ridge
=> wobble
=> whirl, commotion
=> Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis
Sense 10
passage, handing over
> delivery, bringing
=> airdrop
=> consignment
=> passage, handing over
=> post
=> service, serving, service of process
Meronyms of noun passage
10 senses of passage
Sense 2
passage
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 3
passage
=> way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
passage, transit
=> journey, journeying
HAS PART: stage, leg
Sense 6
passage, musical passage
=> musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
HAS PART: finale, coda
Sense 7
passage, passageway
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 10
passage, handing over
=> delivery, bringing
=> transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
HAS PART: pickup
Holonyms of noun passage
1 of 10 senses of passage
Sense 2
passage
PART OF: text, textual matter
PART OF: publication
Grep of noun passage
air passage
bird of passage
inland passage
inside passage
musical passage
northwest passage
passage
passageway
purple passage
rite of passage
windward passage
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