Betekenis van passage In het Nederlands

• 0 a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that connects places:

  • A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden.

  • The bathroom's on the right at the end of the passage.

  • the nasal passages

  • the anal passage

• 1 a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work:

  • Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.

• 2 travel, especially as a way of escape:

  • The gunman demanded a plane and safe passage to an unspecified destination.

  • He had booked his passage to Rio de Janeiro.

• 3 an act of moving through somewhere:

  • Many meteors disintegrate during their passage through the atmosphere.

  • The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory.

• 4 the process of time going past:

  • Memories fade with the passage of time.

• 5 the official approval of something, especially a new law:

  • He again urged passage of a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion.

• 6 a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or an enclosed path that connects places:

  • A narrow passage led through the house to the yard.

  • the nasal passages

• 7 a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece:

  • a short passage for a trumpet solo

• 8 the right to travel or to leave a place:

  • We booked passage on a cruise ship.

  • He was guaranteed safe passage to the border.

• 9 a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path which connects places:

  • There's a passage on the side of the building – the maintenance department is along there.

• 10 a short piece of writing that is part of a larger piece of work:

  • There's one passage in the report which seems incorrect.

• 11 an act of moving through a place:

  • Despite security checks, our passage through the airport was fairly quick.

• 12 the way that time passes:

  • The directors are hopeful that, with the passage of time, trading conditions will improve.

• 13 official approval of something, especially a new law:

  • passage of sth Protesters are opposing passage of the new energy bill through parliament.