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(pɑːspɔːʳt, pæs-)
Word forms: plural passports
1. countable noun
Your passport is an official document containing your name, photograph, and personal details, which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
You should take your passport with you when changing money.
...a South African businessman travelling on a British passport.
Synonyms: travel document, papers, visa, identity card More Synonyms of passport
2. countable noun
If you say that a thing is a passport to success or happiness, you mean that this thing makes success or happiness possible.
Victory would give him a passport to the riches he craves. [+ to]
If the interview goes well it could be the passport to an exciting new career.
More Synonyms of passport

passport in British English

(ˈpɑːspɔːt)
noun
1. 
an official document issued by a government, identifying an individual, granting permission to travel abroad, and requesting the protection of other governments for him or her
2. 
a licence granted by a state to a foreigner, allowing the passage of his or her person or goods through the country
3.  another word for sea letter (sense 1)
4. 
a quality, asset, etc, that gains a person admission or acceptance
verb
5. 
(in the European Economic Area) to award a firm that is registered in one member state the right to do business in every other member state without applying to each country for authorization
Word origin
C15: from French passeport, from passer to pass + port1

passport in American English

(ˈpæsˌpɔrt)
noun
1. 
a government document issued to a citizen for travel abroad, subject to visa requirements, certifying identity and citizenship: it entitles the bearer to the protection of his or her own country and that of the countries visited
2. 
safe-conduct (sense 1) safe-conduct (sense 2)
3. 
anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.
Word origin
Fr passeport, safe-conduct, orig., permission to leave or enter a port < passer, pass2 + port, port1

COBUILD Collocations
passport

biological passport
biometric passport
valid passport

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Examples of 'passport' in a sentence
passport

Police said that when he was found he was carrying a large sum of money and his passport.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The figures show that almost 600 passports or supporting documents were sent to the wrong address or completely disappeared last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Passport Office officials will check that photos match the pictures on their database and can be read by facial recognition machines at airports.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Pilot schemes in various areas of the country will require voters to show a driving licence, passport or utility bill before they can cast a vote.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The officials were from passport control and went on board to process the immigration formalities speedily.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These can be either a valid passport or driving licence.
The Sun (2014)
The scout has disappeared with their passport and their money.
The Sun (2015)
She needs her passport back for a job interview.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The winner is responsible for all necessary documents including valid passports and visas.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It will mean millions more passports being handed out.
The Sun (2008)
She said staff always asked for a driving licence or passport before handing over cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Officers found fingerprints in his old room and passport application documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Each explorer will be given their own passport to be stamped as tasks are completed along the way.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You will need a passport photograph.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a relief and rather an anticlimax when the yawning official stamped my passport without a single glance at my stuff.
Eric Newby A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES (2003)
She insisted she was free to enter the country using another passport granted by a European country.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The royal prerogative is also being used to deny people a British passport.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He told the French consul that he had lost his passport and was given a new one.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Once in the country, their passports disappeared.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The father of eight was stripped of his British passport but appealed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We were left with no money, passports or driving licences.
The Sun (2014)
Language offers a passport into a country 's literature and culture.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So does she feel as British as her passport these days?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was denied access to the witness protection programme but got two passports with false names, intelligence sources said.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I recently remarried and went into the post office to find out about changing the name on my passport.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That would mean passport checks.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
passport

British English: passport /ˈpɑːspɔːt/ NOUN
Your passport is an official document which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
You should take your passport with you when changing money.
  • American English: passport
  • Arabic: جَوَازُ سَفَرٍ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: passaporte
  • Chinese: 护照
  • Croatian: putovnica
  • Czech: cestovní pas
  • Danish: pas legitimation
  • Dutch: paspoort
  • European Spanish: pasaporte
  • Finnish: passi
  • French: passeport
  • German: Reisepass
  • Greek: διαβατήριο
  • Italian: passaporto
  • Japanese: パスポート
  • Korean: 여권 비자
  • Norwegian: pass
  • Polish: paszport
  • European Portuguese: passaporte
  • Romanian: pașaport
  • Russian: паспорт
  • Latin American Spanish: pasaporte
  • Swedish: pass legitimation
  • Thai: หนังสือเดินทาง
  • Turkish: pasaport
  • Ukrainian: паспорт
  • Vietnamese: hộ chiếu

All related terms of 'passport'

e-passport
a passport with an embedded microchip carrying information about the holder
pet passport
a document that officially records information related to a specific animal, as part of a scheme that allows animals to travel between member countries without undergoing quarantine
joint passport
a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
Nansen passport
a passport issued to stateless persons by the League of Nations after World War I
passport holder
a person who has a passport
passport office
an office which issues passports
passport photo
a photo that appears on a passport
valid passport
Your passport is an official document containing your name, photograph , and personal details , which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
biometric passport
Your passport is an official document containing your name, photograph , and personal details , which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
passport control
the area in an airport where passports are checked
visitor's passport
(formerly, in Britain ) a passport , valid for one year and for certain countries only, that could be purchased from post offices
biological passport
Your passport is an official document containing your name, photograph , and personal details , which you need to show when you enter or leave a country.
camouflage passport
a passport from a non-existent country intended to conceal the bearer's true nationality (from hijackers, kidnappers, etc)
British Visitor's Passport
(formerly, in Britain ) a passport , valid for one year and for certain countries only, that could be purchased from post offices

Chinese translation of 'passport'

passport

(ˈpɑːspɔːt)

n

  1. (c) 护(護)照 (hùzhào) (本, běn)
  2. (fig)
    a/the passport to ... 的保障 ( ... de bǎozhàng) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun) 
Definition
an official document issued by a government, which identifies the holder and grants him or her permission to travel abroad
Take your passport with you when changing money.
Synonyms
travel document
papers
visa
identity card
travel papers
travel permit
I.D.
2 (noun) 
Definition
an asset that gains a person admission or acceptance
Qualifications are no automatic passport to a job.
Synonyms
key
The key to success is to be ready from the start.
way
He came round the back way.
entry
A lorry blocked the entry to the school.
route
the most direct route to the town centre
path
A group of reporters blocked his path.
The tornado wrecked everything in its path.
avenue
It is set in landscaped grounds at the end of a tree-lined avenue.
means of access

Additional synonyms

in the sense of avenue
Definition
a wide street
It is set in landscaped grounds at the end of a tree-lined avenue.
Synonyms
street,
way,
course,
drive,
road,
pass,
approach,
channel,
access,
entry,
route,
path,
passage,
entrance,
alley,
pathway,
boulevard,
driveway,
thoroughfare
in the sense of entry
Definition
something, such as a door or gate, through which it is possible to enter a place
A lorry blocked the entry to the school.
Synonyms
way in,
opening,
door,
approach,
access,
gate,
passage,
entrance,
avenue,
doorway,
portal (literary),
inlet,
passageway,
ingress,
means of access
in the sense of path
Definition
the course or direction in which something moves
A group of reporters blocked his path.The tornado wrecked everything in its path.
Synonyms
route,
way,
course,
direction,
passage

Synonyms of 'passport'

passport

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of route
Definition
a chosen way or method
the most direct route to the town centre
Synonyms
way,
course,
road,
direction,
path,
journey,
passage,
avenue,
itinerary
in the sense of way
He came round the back way.
Synonyms
access,
street,
road,
track,
channel,
route,
path,
lane,
trail,
avenue,
highway,
pathway,
thoroughfare
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