an official document containing your photograph and showing which country you are a citizen of. You use your passport when travelling to foreign countries
Bill has a Canadian passport.
check a passport:
The immigrationofficerchecked our passports.
valid passport:
You must have a valid passport and be free to travel in the next few weeks.
Synonyms and related words
Passports and visas
exit visa
passport
passport control
2
something that makes it possible for you to do something or to have something good
passport to/into:
In those days a universitydegree was a passport to a securejob.
Synonyms and related words
Important thing or detail
feature
priority
element
passport
noun countable
US /ˈpɑspɔrt/
Other entries for this word
golden passportnoun
passport controlnoun
passport photonoun
Word Forms
singular
passport
plural
passports
DEFINITIONS2
1
an official document containing your photograph and showing which country you are a citizen of. You use your passport when traveling to foreign countries
check a passport:
The immigrationofficerchecked our passports.
valid passport:
You must have a valid passport and be free to travel in the next few weeks.
Synonyms and related words
Passports and visas
exit visa
laser visa
passport
2
something that makes it possible for you to do something or to have something good
passport to/into:
In those days a universitydegree was a passport to a securejob.