passport
(pɑːspɔːʳt , pæs- )
Word forms: passports
1. countable noun A2
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
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.
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Collocations:
biological passport biometric passport hold a passport passport application passport fraud passport stamp seize a passport valid passport
The idea is to build up a biological passport for athletes so that any significant variations from their normal readings will trigger suspicion.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The testing is better and the biological passport has made it more difficult for athletes to cheat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Only six riders have received a ban directly because of the information on their biological passport.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The walk-in machines are designed for passengers carrying the new biometric passports.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If they want to leave the country they will have to buy an expensive biometric passport.
The Sun (2007)
Then she applied for a biometric passport.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The winner and guest must hold a passport valid for at least six months after the date of travel.
Times, Sunday Times
I was 21, deemed by the government to be an adult and able to hold a passport.
Times, Sunday Times
All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.
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It can also seize their driving licence and bar them from holding a passport.
Times,Sunday Times
She has never held a passport and cannot drive any more.
Times, Sunday Times
But it backfired when officials refused her passport application as it infringed a trademark.
The Sun
Officers found fingerprints in his old room and passport application documents.
Times, Sunday Times
However, he ended up paying 250 for 'a non-official site to print out our details on to a passport application form'.
Times, Sunday Times
This enabled him to get a library card, and later a librarian signed a passport application vouching for his identity.
The Sun
We ordered five passports, and it turns out we have paid 250 for a non-official site to print out our details onto a passport application form.
Times, Sunday Times
He previously served two years for perjury and passport fraud.
The Sun
He then was charged with passport fraud and smuggling cash.
Houston Chronicle
He pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent and passport fraud.
Times, Sunday Times
He was subsequently convicted of tax evasion and passport fraud, and was sentenced to twelve years in prison.
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For this he was indicted for passport fraud in 1939.
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Once an agent looked at an old passport stamp that bore both his stamp number and initials.
Times, Sunday Times
But she paid for a dodgy 'indefinite leave to remain' passport stamp.
The Sun
Passport stamps showed he returned five days before.
The Sun
The 10,000 promotion members receive a passport stamp from that region if they order one of the items, and those who collect each stamp receive a gift.
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His unorthodox arrival also meant that he had failed to get his passport stamped at an official border crossing.
Times, Sunday Times
As a last resort, a court can - rightly - seize their passports and driving licences.
The Sun
When he returned, officials seized his passport as he didn't qualify to re-enter.
The Sun
The pair went to the police but had their passports seized and were locked up for 38 days.
The Sun
As part of their bail conditions, the suspects are not allowed to return to the house at the centre of the inquiry and have had their passports seized.
Times, Sunday Times
Simple solution - seize their passports for two years and issue heavy fines, which could raise money for the police forces and others affected by them.
The Sun
Applicants must also have a valid passport and must bring photo ID on the day.
The Sun (2012)
Security will be tight at the stadium, with guests required to bring a valid passport or driving licence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Entrants must be over 18 and hold a valid passport.
The Sun (2013)
Translations:
Chinese: 护照
Japanese: パスポート