Topic: TRANSPORT
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | passager, from passage; PASSAGE |
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pas‧sen‧ger S3 W2
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[countable]1TT someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc, but is not driving it or working on it : Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt.
Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt.2 British English someone in a group who does not do their share of the group's work : The company can't afford to carry any passengers.
The company can't afford to carry any passengers.WORD FOCUS: ship WORD FOCUS: ship
a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat British English/sailboat American English, catamaran
a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate, destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war old-fashioned
a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat British English
a ship that goes under water: submarine
people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hullship
➔ See also shipWORD FOCUS: planeWORD FOCUS: plane
similar words: airplane also aeroplane British English, aircraft
planes that carry people: passenger plane, airliner, jumbo
a military plane: warplane, bomber, fighter
people on a plane: pilot, co-pilot, captain, flight crew, cabin crew, passenger, flight attendant, steward, air hostess
the place where a plane lands or takes off: runway, the tarmac, airport, aerodrome BrE old-fashionedplane
➔ See also plane
WORD FOCUS: ship a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat British English/sailboat American English, catamaran
a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate, destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war old-fashioned
a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat British English
a ship that goes under water: submarine
people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hullship
➔ See also shipWORD FOCUS: plane
WORD FOCUS: plane similar words: airplane also aeroplane British English, aircraft
planes that carry people: passenger plane, airliner, jumbo
a military plane: warplane, bomber, fighter
people on a plane: pilot, co-pilot, captain, flight crew, cabin crew, passenger, flight attendant, steward, air hostess
the place where a plane lands or takes off: runway, the tarmac, airport, aerodrome BrE old-fashionedplane
➔ See also plane
