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passage
Noun
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A passage is the act of passing, from one place to another, or from one state to another
Getting a driver's licence is a rite of passage from being a child to becoming an adult.
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A passage is a journey by air or water.
His passage to Australia in a sailing ship took 180 days.
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A passage is a long narrow way or path.
He heard footsteps in the passage outside his hotel room.
The ship was able to find safe passage through the coral reef.
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A passage can be an opening, or a tube along which things can pass.
The small boy had a pea stuck in his nasal passage.
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A passage is a short section from from a book or other writing.
She read to the class her favorite passage from Jane Austen's book.
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A passage is a short section from a musical work.
There was a long oboe solo is the passage we listened to from Bach's work.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
arms
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noun
(= weaponry)
weapons considered collectively
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noun
(= coat of arms)
the official symbols of a family, state, etc