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- pronunciation:
- pae
sihj
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a way through which something can pass; corridor; channel.
This mountain has an underground passage.- synonyms:
- corridor, pass, passageway, way
- similar words:
- alley, course, entrance, hall, hallway, opening, path, road, route, thoroughfare, tunnel
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| definition 2: |
a part of a written or musical work.
In this book, the author wrote a moving passage about his father's death.- synonyms:
- excerpt, part
- similar words:
- extract, piece, section, selection
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| definition 3: |
a journey by water.
The ship had a difficult passage through the storm.- synonyms:
- journey, voyage
- similar words:
- excursion, fare, run, trip
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| definition 4: |
official approval.
The NAACP worked for the passage of the Civil Rights Act.- similar words:
- acceptance, adoption, approval
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| related words: |
access, approach, canal, channel, chapter, clause, corridor, excerpt, exit, lane, movement, part, pilgrimage, process, theme, vent, way |
The word passage
contains the following part:
-age
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or result of (the action indicated by the verb base)
  More about this word part:
The suffix -age
attaches primarily to bases that are English verbs to form nouns. Base-final y becomes i and base-final silent e is dropped before -age
(carry + -age
> carriage
, store + -age
> storage
) Some nouns ending in -age
are loan words from French (voyage
, courage
) whose bases are Latin roots.
Example words:
advantage, bondage, carriage, courage, drainage, hostage, marriage, package, passage, postage, shortage, storage, voyage
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