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the act of passing something to another person

a short section of a musical composition

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

a way through or along which someone or something may pass

a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

the act of passing something to another person

a short section of a musical composition

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

a way through or along which someone or something may pass

a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Reception; currency.

A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Reception; currency.

A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

The act of going from one place or condition to another; course or progress; as, the passage of time; a journey; a hall; an entrance or exit; right to go; enactment; as, passage of a law; a single clause or portion of a book; migratory habits; as, birds of passage.

1. The act of passing. 2. A discharge, as from the bowels or of urine. 3. The inoculation of a series of animals with the same strain of a pathogenic microorganism whereby the virulence of the latter is increased, or sometimes diminished. 4. A channel, duct, pore, or opening.

Act of passing: journey: course: time occupied in passing: way: entrance: enactment of a law: right of passing: occurrence: a single clause or part of a book, etc.: (B.) a mountain-pass: ford of a river: (zool.) migratory habits.

Act of passing; journey; voyage; way; entrance; occurrence; portion of a discourse, &c.

A passage by, through, or over; the power or right of passing; a way; journey; voyage.

A corridor, hall, etc.

A clause; paragraph.

A personal encounter.

Act of passing; time of passing; road; avenue; entrance or exit; right of passing; event; part of a book; enactment; a pass; migratory habits.

A journey; a voyage; time occupied in passing; a way or road; entrance or exit; a corridor in a house or building; an event; an incident; an indefinite part of a book, writing, or discourse; in music, a portion of an air or tune; bird of passage, a bird that passes at certain seasons from one climate or country to another; one who is apt by force of circumstances, or by natural disposition, to change his place of abode frequently.

Any channel of communication, especially any such channel between the various cavities and structures of the body, or between its cavities and the external surface. [Lat.]

The act of passing from one locality to another. [Lat.]

The act of passing anything (e. g. an instrument) into, through, or around a structure. [Lat.]

The act of evacuating the bowels, or the material expelled in such evacuation, [Lat.]

n. [French, Latin] Act of passing; motion of any kind from point to point; journey, as by water, carriage, or the like; travel;—way or course of transit; road; route;—a way of entrance or exit; room leading to other rooms; vestibule;—a voyage, as of a passenger in a ship;—right to sail as a passenger in a ship; also, the price or fare for such voyage;—the time taken to sail from port to port; length of voyage;—passing away; decay;—decease; death;—any particular event in a man's career; incident;—occurrence; interlude;—part of a writing, document, book, &c.; clause, sentence, or paragraph; extract;—a short portion of an air or other musical composition;—act of carrying through a legislative body; formal enactment;—an encounter; a combat.