passportnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɑːs.pɔːt/us/ˈpæs.pɔːrt/A2 an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows a person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who they are:
Many refugees have arrived at the border without passports.
He was a German, travelling on a Swiss passport.
passport control (= the examining of travellers' passports)
a passport photo
a passport to sth
C2 a certain way of getting something you want:
Many students opt for business studies simply because it sounds like a passport to a good job.
Beauty alone can be a passport to success.
More examples
- a forged passport
- He was charged with possessing a fake passport.
- My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.
- My passport is valid for another two years.
- He's got a British passport.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Identifying
- ascribe sth to sb
- biometric
- character recognition
- color-coded
- colour-coded
- distinguishing
- dog tag
- id
- ID card
- identifiable
- identification
- identity card
- paper
- pick
- separate the sheep from the goats idiom
- sheep
- stamp
- tag
- tell
- tell sth/sb apart
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