All 6 Uses of
passage
in
A Walk to Remember
- Other times I'd be sitting beside her on the couch, looking at the Bible and watching Jamie out of the corner of my eye at the same time, and we'd come across a passage or a psalm, maybe even a proverb, and I'd ask her what she thought about it.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)passage = a short part of a longer written work
- On February 14, Valentine's Day, Jamie picked out a passage from Corinthians that meant a lot to her.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- She told me that if she'd ever had the chance, it was the passage she'd wanted read at her wedding.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Eventually I came across another passage.
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- Hegbert began the ceremony in the traditional way, then read the passage in the Bible that Jamie had once pointed out to me.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Despite the passage of forty years, the people still living here who knew me that year accept my lack of explanation without question.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (passage as in: In lines 1-9 of the passage...) a short part of a longer written workeditor's notes: This meaning of passage is commonly seen on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More frequently, passage refers to a passageway for travel or to the act of traveling. It can also refer to the passing of time or of a law. See a comprehensive dictionary for the many meanings of passage, but for comfort taking standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, be very familiar with passage being used to refer to a short excerpt from a longer written work.