How to Pronounce Passage

noun

1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

   “She struggled to play the difficult passages.”

2. Part of a path or journey.

   “He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.”

verb

1. To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium

   “After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.”

2. To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross

   “They passaged to America in 1902.”

adjective

1. Describing a bird that has left the nest, is living on its own, but is less than a year old. (commonly used in falconry)

   “Passage red-tailed hawks are preferred by falconers because these younger birds have not yet developed the adult behaviors which would make them more difficult to train.”