[مستر وليد السيد]

path S2 W2 plural paths [countable]

1 track

TTR a track that has been made deliberately or made by many people walking over the same ground: I walked nervously up the garden path towards the front door.
a well-worn path across the grass
Follow the path along the river to the bridge.
a path leading to the summer house


2 way through something

the space ahead of you as you move along path through Police cleared a path through the protesters.

Damian blocked their path.


3 direction

the direction or line along which something or someone is moving in something's/somebody's path The tornado destroyed everything in its path.

into the path of something She walked into the path of an oncoming vehicle.



4 plan

a plan or series of actions that will help you achieve something, especially over a long period of time: a career path
path to freedom/success/independence etc She saw a college degree as her path to success.

the same/a different path I hope you will choose a different path.



5 somebody's paths cross

if two people's paths cross, they meet by chance: Our paths did not cross again.

➔ beat a path (to somebody's door)

at beat1 (16) ➔ off the beaten path

at beaten (1) ➔ flight path ➔ lead somebody up the garden path

at lead1 (12) ➔ stand in somebody's path

at stand1 (30)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.


pas‧sage S3 W2

1 in a building

[countable]DHH a long narrow area with walls on either side which connects one room or place to another [↪ corridor]: My office is just along the passage.
We walked down a narrow passage to the back of the building.
an underground passage


2 from a book etc

[countable]ALTCN a short part of a book, poem, speech, piece of music etc passage from/of He read out a short passage from the Bible.



3 movement

[uncountable] formal the movement of people or vehicles along a road or across an area of land passage of The bridge isn't strong enough to allow the passage of heavy vehicles.

Both sides agreed to allow the free passage of medical supplies into the area.
He was guaranteed safe passage out of the country.


4 of a law

[uncountable]PGPSCL when a new law is discussed and accepted by a parliament or Congress passage through The bill was amended several times during its passage through Congress.

They are expecting the new legislation to have quite a rough passage (=be discussed and criticized a lot) through parliament.


5 journey

[countable]TTW old-fashioned a journey on a ship passage to My parents couldn't afford the passage to America.



6 inside somebody's body

HBH [countable] a tube in your body that air or liquid can pass through: the nasal passages


7 way through

[singular] a way through something passage through The police forced a passage through the crowd.



8 the passage of time

the passing of time: With the passage of time, things began to look more hopeful.

➔ rite of passage

at rite (2)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.