1. • noun - the act of passing from one state or place to the next
   • noun - a section of text
   • noun - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
   • noun - the passing of a law by a legislative body
   • noun - a journey usually by ship
   • noun - a short section of a musical composition
   • noun - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
   • noun - a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
   • noun - the motion of one object relative to another
   • noun - the act of passing something to another person
2. • A movement from one place to another, as by going by, through, over, or across; transit or migration.
   • The process of elapsing: the passage of time.
   • The process of passing from one condition or stage to another; transition: the passage from childhood to adulthood.
   • Enactment into law of a legislative measure.
   • A journey, especially one by air or water: a rough passage on the stormy sea.
   • The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship: book passage; pay for one’s passage.
   • The right, permission, or power to come and go freely: Only medical supply trucks were granted safe passage through enemy territory.
   • A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass: the nasal passages.
   • A corridor.
   • An occurrence or event: “Another encouraging passage took place... when heads of state... took note of the extraneous factors affecting their economies that are beyond their control” (Helen Kitchen).
   • Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons: a passage at arms.
   • A segment of a written work or speech: a celebrated passage from Shakespeare.
   • A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer: a passage of exquisite beauty, played to perfection.
   • A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail.
   • An act of emptying, as of the bowels.
   • The process of passing or maintaining a group of microorganisms or cells through a series of hosts or cultures.
   • Obsolete.
   • To execute such a trot in dressage.
3. • v - to make a voyage

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