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passport
[ pas-pawrt, -pohrt, pahs- ]
noun
- an official document issued by the government of a country to one of its citizens and, varying from country to country, authorizing travel to foreign countries and authenticating the bearer's identity, citizenship, right to protection while abroad, and right to reenter their native country.
- anything that ensures admission or acceptance:
A good education can be your passport to success.
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere.
- a document issued to a ship, especially to a neutral merchant ship in time of war, granting or requesting permission to proceed without molestation in certain waters.
- a certificate intended to secure admission.
passport
/ ˈpɑːspɔːt /
noun
- an official document issued by a government, identifying an individual, granting him permission to travel abroad, and requesting the protection of other governments for him
- a licence granted by a state to a foreigner, allowing the passage of his person or goods through the country
- See sea letteranother word for sea letter
- a quality, asset, etc, that gains a person admission or acceptance
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- passport·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of passport1
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Example Sentences
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
Available at La Boîte SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse, $70 We can all agree the dorky passport holders and money bags have got to go.
Addison was allowed out of jail, finally, but her passport was held pending an investigation—even though nobody questioned her.
Their expectation was that her petition to have her passport returned might be honored.
Freundel was charged with six counts of voyeurism, a misdemeanor, and has surrendered his passport while awaiting trial.
The writer lost a pocket-book containing a passport and a couple of modest ten-pound notes.
He felt that in getting old Warrender and his daughter to The Park, he was in reality receiving his passport into county society.
You go to Washington and get your passport, and if you can't hasten matters don't let an outsider know what you are after.
There was time enough to seek his passport, and Isabel could well imagine that his impatience was not uncontrollable.
I took my oath before the passport clerk in the innermost recess of the State Department.
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