passportpass‧port /ˈpɑːspɔːt $ ˈpæspɔːrt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
I have an Irish passport. They need to check that your passport is in order.2passport to success/health/romance etc something that makes it easy for you to achieve success, good health etc: She saw a good diet as a passport to good health. Don’t assume that winning a talent contest is a passport to success.COLLOCATIONSverbshave/hold a passport· I have a Canadian passport.apply for a passport· You can apply for an Italian passport if your parents are Italian.get a passport (also obtain a passport formal)· It took quite a long time to get a new passport.renew a passport· I'd forgotten to renew my passport.travel on a passport· The men were convicted of travelling on a false passport.adjectivesa British/American etc passport· She was born in India but has a British passport.a valid passport (=one that is officially acceptable)· For travel abroad, you must have a valid passport.a false/forged passport (also a fake passport informal)· He used a false passport to enter Kenya.passport + NOUNa passport photograph/photoa passport holder (=someone who has a passport)· British passport holders must obtain a visa before entering the country.a passport application· the processing of passport applications
WORD ORIGINpassport
Origin:
1400-1500 French passeport, from passer ( ➔ PASS1) + port ( ➔ PORT)EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- I was waved straight through the gate behind them, fanning the air with my passport.
- It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.
- Paris was mooted but when Henrietta could not find her passport they eloped to Edinburgh.
- So, on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed, a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow.
- Though made with direct flash, the resulting portrait was anything but a passport picture.
- What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs The US State Department issues millions of passports each year.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· I have a Canadian passport.
· You can apply for an Italian passport if your parents are Italian.
(also obtain a passport formal)· It took quite a long time to get a new passport.
· I'd forgotten to renew my passport.
· The men were convicted of travelling on a false passport.
adjectives· She was born in India but has a British passport.
(=one that is officially acceptable)· For travel abroad, you must have a valid passport.
(also a fake passport informal)· He used a false passport to enter Kenya.
passport + NOUN (=someone who has a passport)· British passport holders must obtain a visa before entering the country.
· the processing of passport applications
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The US State Department issues millions of passports each year.· He was provided with a false passport in the name of William Goode.· McMullen unlawfully entered the United States in 1978 on a false passport.· He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.
· It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.· If you do not already hold a valid passport, application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.· A valid passport is essential when you travel abroad.
NOUN· The U. S. Passport Office has a backlog of as many as 120, 000 passport applications, a spokeswoman estimates.· It's absurd, these days, like submitting a portrait in oils with your passport application.· The average turnround for a passport application in the last year has been six working days.
· The bustle of passport control and customs clearance over, father and daughter emerged into the pristine arrivals lounge.· At the border, swastika flags fluttered from passport control and police sauntered to the car to demand identification.· The Roberts were soon following the stream of passengers heading in the direction of passport control.· Her cover was the passport control office.· Only two passport control booths were open.· Okay, so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control.· You don't have to queue up at passport control.· From 1929 to 1936 he was re-employed, under the cover of passport control officer, in Rome.
· Then it was back to Milton Hall for Stewart and back to the passport office for Tish.· The State Department, which administers the passport office, declined to comment.
· We must have looked so gormless; we certainly looked it in our passport photos.· Out front, stuck in the lawn by the walk, was a sign announcing that he took passport photos.
VERB· If you need to apply for a passport, do so at least 12 weeks before departure.· She applied for a temporary passport, which involved getting a letter of reference.· She couldn't apply for a passport as she was under age.
· He was pleased nobody had asked for his passport.· The older man greeted him politely and asked to see his passport.· After 45 minutes of this and two cups of tea the official asked to see my passport.· What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport?
· Less than 70,000 Hong Kong people carry this passport.· He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.· Everyone must carry an internal passport, and we were always conscious of security everywhere.
· After checking for passports and air travel tickets we had nothing else to do but wait for our taxi.
· After they got their passports stamped they found themselves just inside the larger concourse of the enormous building.· I've got to get his passport and take him away from here.· But we can leave as soon as you get the passport and the visa.· But the backlog is clearing up, especially if you get your passport by mail.· Businessmen will get most passports, perhaps as much as two-thirds.· In the rear, I found out that you could get a passport.
· Amnesty International also intervened on her behalf and only days before she was due to leave, she was given a passport.· Each boxer would be given a passport that officials could readily review.
· There they are tricked into handing over their passports under the ruse that the men require them to process their visa applications.· The officer handed him the passport with a little bow and a smile.
· They may even be required to hold on to your passport for a while.· Its founder, Vehbi Alimucaj, holds a diplomatic passport, according to Western officials.· If you do not already hold a valid passport, application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.· About 400, 000 Hong Kong residents, or 8 percent of the population, hold foreign passports as protection.· One of the men held the women's passports.· Maze fugitive Jim Smyth, 38, was released in San Francisco after being held for passport offences.
· Like the committees of July 1936, they issued passports, raised local levies, licensed apothecaries.· The government office had consequently delayed issuing an emigration passport.
· After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.· Anyone who needs a new passport within three working days also can add a rush fee of $ 30.· Joyce would need a passport, and that with the minimum of delay.· If you need a passport, the time to get one is now.
· In October 1945 he obtained a passport.· Loss of a passport up to £150 Reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses necessary to obtain a replacement passport.· He had been forced to sign a co-operation agreement in order to obtain a passport, although he had never actually collaborated.· It may be necessary to obtain a supplementary passport.
· His features relaxed and he stamped my passport.· Emmett, an immigration officer at Gatwick airport, stamped the passports, giving their holders the right to enter Britain indefinitely.· The woman who stamped my passport made me change money with her and she robbed me.· She stamps his passport without a word.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1a small official document that you get from your government, that proves who you are, and which you need in order to leave your country and enter other countries: - Early on he learned - the hard way - that it was the passport to success.
- Finally, don't assume winning a talent contest is a passport to success.
- The Union Jack will be our passport to romance.
- We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success.
I have an Irish passport. They need to check that your passport is in order.2passport to success/health/romance etc something that makes it easy for you to achieve success, good health etc: She saw a good diet as a passport to good health. Don’t assume that winning a talent contest is a passport to success.COLLOCATIONSverbshave/hold a passport· I have a Canadian passport.apply for a passport· You can apply for an Italian passport if your parents are Italian.get a passport (also obtain a passport formal)· It took quite a long time to get a new passport.renew a passport· I'd forgotten to renew my passport.travel on a passport· The men were convicted of travelling on a false passport.adjectivesa British/American etc passport· She was born in India but has a British passport.a valid passport (=one that is officially acceptable)· For travel abroad, you must have a valid passport.a false/forged passport (also a fake passport informal)· He used a false passport to enter Kenya.passport + NOUNa passport photograph/photoa passport holder (=someone who has a passport)· British passport holders must obtain a visa before entering the country.a passport application· the processing of passport applications