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passage
A	noun
	1	passage, transition
			the act of passing from one state or place to the next
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚passage, transition ╚fossilization; fossilisation
	2	passage, transit
			a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚travel; traveling; travelling ╚journey; journeying ╚passage, transit ╚lockage
	3	passage, handing over
			the act of passing something to another person
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚movement ╚transportation; transfer; transferral; conveyance ╚delivery; bringing ╚passage, handing over ╚relay
	4	passage, passing
			a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚bodily process; body process; bodily function; activity ╚reaction; response ╚passage, passing
	5	enactment, passage
			the passing of a law by a legislative body
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚social control ╚government; governing; governance; government activity ╚legislation; legislating; lawmaking ╚enactment, passage
	6	passage
			a way through or along which someone or something may pass
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚passage ╚throat ╚shaft ╚right of way ╚passageway ╚fish ladder ╚cul; cul de sac; dead end ╚conduit ╚channel ╚aisle ╚adit
	7	passage, passageway
			a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚structure; anatomical structure; complex body part; bodily structure; body structure ╚passage, passageway ╚shunt ╚fistula; sinus ╚fauces ╚epicardia ╚esophagus; oesophagus; gorge; gullet ╚root canal ╚sinusoid ╚duct; epithelial duct; canal; channel ╚orifice; opening; porta ╚meatus ╚birth canal
	8	passage
			a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚section; subdivision ╚passage ╚text ╚transition ╚purple passage ╚place ╚locus classicus ╚excerpt; extract; selection
	9	passage, musical passage
			a short section of a musical composition
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚music ╚musical composition; opus; composition; piece; piece of music ╚passage, musical passage ╚impromptu ╚transition; modulation ╚recitative ╚adagio ╚largo ╚cadenza ╚cadence ╚phrase; musical phrase ╚intro ╚allegro
	10	passing, passage
			the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚passing, passage

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