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| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
| Synonyms: | clause, extract, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse, paragraph |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | travel |
| Synonyms: | advance, change, conversion, crossing, flow, journey, motion, movement, passing, progress, progression, tour, transfer, transit, transition, transmission, traverse, trek, trip, voyage, traject, transference, transmittal, transmittance, traversing |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inaction, wait |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization; enactment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allowance, establishment, freedom, legislation, passing, passport, permission, ratification, right, warrant, legalization, safe-conduct, visa |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | passage/passageway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path for travel |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, avenue, channel, corridor, course, entrance, exit, gap, hall, hallway, lane, line, lobby, opening, road, route, shaft, subway, thoroughfare, tunnel, vestibule, way, alleyway, doorway, entrance hall, pathway |
| Antonyms: | stop, blockage |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
pass, pass through; perforate (hole) [more]; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage, form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.
-adjectives
passing; intercurrent; endosmosmic, endosmotic.
-adverbs
en passant (transit) [more].
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| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
| Synonyms: | admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, ingress, introduction, key, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | egress, outlet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
| Synonyms: | access, entrée, entrance, entry, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Main Entry: | aisle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway dividing something |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | artery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel |
| Synonyms: | avenue, boulevard, canal, conduit, corridor, course, duct, highway, line, passage, road, route, sewer, thoroughfare, track, tube, way, pathway |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, passage, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way, parkway, pathway |
| Main Entry: | boulevard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street, often lined with trees |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, drag, highway, passage, path, road, thoroughfare, track, way |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, limitation, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specification, stipulation, ultimatum, kicker, paragraph, string attached to something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratification, validation, proof |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accord, admission, affirmation, agreement, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, consent, endorsement, evidence, go ahead*, green light*, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, verification, verifying, witness, accepting, affirming, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorizing, corroborating, corroboration, sanctioning, stamp of approval, validating, visa |
| Antonyms: | annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, adaptation |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alteration, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop*, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, reorganization, resolution, reversal, switch, transformation, translation, transmutation, born again, metanoia, metasis, proselytization, regeneration, remodelling, resolving, see the light, transfiguration, transmogrification, turning, turning around |
| Antonyms: | idleness, sameness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corridor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hallway |
| Synonyms: | aisle, foyer, hall, ingress, lobby, passage, passageway, couloir, entrance hall, entranceway |
| Main Entry: | crossing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway to traverse larger path |
| Synonyms: | bridge, crossroad, exchange, grating, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, network, overpass, passage, screen, traverse, cloverleaf, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, grade crossing, gridiron, traversal, underpass |
| Main Entry: | duct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel, pipe |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, funnel, passage, tube, vessel, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | easement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right of way |
| Synonyms: | access, passage, legal right, means of access |
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