Passenger
noun
A person who is traveling in a vehicle but is not driving it.
There were four passengers in the car at the time of the accident.
Often appears as...
- passenger seat
- passenger car
noun
A person who is traveling on an airplane but is not a member of the crew.
The airline is responsible for the safety of its passengers.
Often appears as...
- passenger jet
- passenger airline
noun
In law, someone who pays for transportation services.
The law requires the driver to ensure the safety of their passengers.
Often appears as...
- public transport passenger
- taxi passenger
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A person who is traveling in a vehicle but is not driving it.
There were four passengers in the car at the time of the accident.
Often appears as...
- passenger seat
- passenger car
noun
A person who is traveling on an airplane but is not a member of the crew.
The airline is responsible for the safety of its passengers.
Often appears as...
- passenger jet
- passenger airline
noun
In law, someone who pays for transportation services.
The law requires the driver to ensure the safety of their passengers.
Often appears as...
- public transport passenger
- taxi passenger
Usage tips
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Context
Use 'passenger' for people in cars, buses, trains, or boats who aren't controlling the vehicle.
He fell asleep in the passenger seat during the long drive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
'Passenger' isn't limited to cars; it applies to all forms of transport where someone else is in control.
She traveled as a passenger on the ferry to the island.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Role
A passenger usually has no active role in the journey other than to simply travel.
The passengers were asked to remain seated during turbulence.
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Context
Use 'passenger' for people in cars, buses, trains, or boats who aren't controlling the vehicle.
He fell asleep in the passenger seat during the long drive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
'Passenger' isn't limited to cars; it applies to all forms of transport where someone else is in control.
She traveled as a passenger on the ferry to the island.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Role
A passenger usually has no active role in the journey other than to simply travel.
The passengers were asked to remain seated during turbulence.
Pro Tip 1/3Vehicle Context
Use 'passenger' for people in cars, buses, trains, or boats who aren't controlling the vehicle.
He fell asleep in the passenger seat during the long drive.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
'Passenger' isn't limited to cars; it applies to all forms of transport where someone else is in control.
She traveled as a passenger on the ferry to the island.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Role
A passenger usually has no active role in the journey other than to simply travel.
The passengers were asked to remain seated during turbulence.
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Video examples
A Grumpy Shoebill...
don't meet the guevara caught a passenger on uh mosley cough butts and burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a
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The ethical dilemma of...
even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do? If we were driving that boxed in car in manual mode, whichever way we'd react would be understood as just that,
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Corruption, wealth and...
from utilitarian rafts to the Doge's own ostentatious gilded barge. Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city.
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You can only save one—...
Each person is deserving of equal concern and respect, so the best way to decide which passengers to save is to flip a coin. While this might seem arbitrary at first, this approach treats all parties equally, giving each individual an equal chance of being rescued.
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The breathtaking courage...
There she told the “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” As her fame grew, various friends and allies helped her in the fight
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The lies we tell about...
ships and I was I really needed people to like me because I was mostly going to places with no hotels so I needed my fellow passengers to ask me home to stay now the unemployed happily single ecstatically childless atheist truth of
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How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
an ominous consequence of this overconfidence during its voyage there were no passenger safety drills to give instructions on where to go or which lifeboats aboard in case of emergency but there weren't enough lifeboats to
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Why are airplanes slower...
Today, however, passengers flying the same route can expect to spend no less than six hours in the air— twice as long. So why, in a world where everything seems to be getting faster, have commercial flights lagged behind?
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Hidden miracles of the...
And at the grand scale, time lapse allows us to see our planet in motion. We can view not only the vast sweep of nature, but the restless movement of humanity. Each streaking dot represents a passenger plane,
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The first secret of...
so that he could stay safe and drive and the passengers could actually stay warm?" So she picked up her sketchbook right then and there, and began drawing what would become the world's first windshield wiper.
Video examples
A Grumpy Shoebill...
don't meet the guevara caught a passenger on uh mosley cough butts and burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
even if it means hitting the large object and sacrificing your life, or take the middle ground by hitting the SUV, which has a high passenger safety rating? So what should the self-driving car do? If we were driving that boxed in car in manual mode, whichever way we'd react would be understood as just that,
Video examples
Corruption, wealth and...
from utilitarian rafts to the Doge's own ostentatious gilded barge. Like a modern day taxi system, gondolas were leased to boatmen who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city.
Video examples
You can only save one—...
Each person is deserving of equal concern and respect, so the best way to decide which passengers to save is to flip a coin. While this might seem arbitrary at first, this approach treats all parties equally, giving each individual an equal chance of being rescued.
Video examples
The breathtaking courage...
There she told the “I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, and I can say what many others cannot. I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.” As her fame grew, various friends and allies helped her in the fight
Video examples
The lies we tell about...
ships and I was I really needed people to like me because I was mostly going to places with no hotels so I needed my fellow passengers to ask me home to stay now the unemployed happily single ecstatically childless atheist truth of
Video examples
How Did the 'Unsinkable'...
an ominous consequence of this overconfidence during its voyage there were no passenger safety drills to give instructions on where to go or which lifeboats aboard in case of emergency but there weren't enough lifeboats to
Video examples
Why are airplanes slower...
Today, however, passengers flying the same route can expect to spend no less than six hours in the air— twice as long. So why, in a world where everything seems to be getting faster, have commercial flights lagged behind?
Video examples
Hidden miracles of the...
And at the grand scale, time lapse allows us to see our planet in motion. We can view not only the vast sweep of nature, but the restless movement of humanity. Each streaking dot represents a passenger plane,
Video examples
The first secret of...
so that he could stay safe and drive and the passengers could actually stay warm?" So she picked up her sketchbook right then and there, and began drawing what would become the world's first windshield wiper.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
To get our passengers where they want to go safely and happily requires thousands of us working together with a shared purpose of supporting each other in serving our customers.
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Ella Maillart
Swiss Writer
We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Claudette Colvin
American Activist
I wanted the young African-American girls also on the bus to know that they had a right to be there, because they had paid their fare just like the white passengers.
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Anand Mahindra
Indian Businessman
As far as passenger cars are concerned, I have always said, in the past, we will work more with partners and partnerships. Our focus on our own would be on the SUVs.
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Niki Lauda
Austrian Athlete
I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.
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Princess Margaret
British Royalty
I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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Roger Waters
British Musician
I confess I've never felt like a passenger.
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Derek Fisher
American Athlete
I am not a passenger in anything I do.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
To get our passengers where they want to go safely and happily requires thousands of us working together with a shared purpose of supporting each other in serving our customers.
Quote examples
Ella Maillart
Swiss Writer
We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Quote examples
Claudette Colvin
American Activist
I wanted the young African-American girls also on the bus to know that they had a right to be there, because they had paid their fare just like the white passengers.
Quote examples
Anand Mahindra
Indian Businessman
As far as passenger cars are concerned, I have always said, in the past, we will work more with partners and partnerships. Our focus on our own would be on the SUVs.
Quote examples
Niki Lauda
Austrian Athlete
I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.
Quote examples
Princess Margaret
British Royalty
I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.
Quote examples
Diane Ackerman
American Poet
I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
Quote examples
Roger Waters
British Musician
I confess I've never felt like a passenger.
Quote examples
Derek Fisher
American Athlete
I am not a passenger in anything I do.
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