All 5 Uses of
passage
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Vogon began to read—a fetid little passage of his own devising.
Chpt 7 (definition 1) *passage = a short part of a longer written work
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- An underground passage.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2) *
- The ground had caved in where the whale had hit it, revealing a network of galleries and passages, now largely obstructed by collapsed rubble and entrails.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2)
- Zaphod scrambled down into the passage, followed by Trillian and Ford.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a very unevenly edited book and contains many passages that simply seemed to its editors like a good idea at the time.†
Chpt 21 (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.