passport
noun
pass·port
ˈpas-ˌpȯrt 
plural passports
1
a
: a formal document issued by an authorized official of a country to one of its citizens that is usually necessary for exit from and reentry into the country, that allows the citizen to travel in a foreign country in accordance with visa requirements, and that requests protection for the citizen while abroad
b
: a license issued by a country permitting a foreign citizen to pass or take goods through its territory : safe-conduct
c
: a document of identification required by law to be carried by persons residing or traveling within a country
2
a
: a permission or authorization to go somewhere
b
: something that secures admission, acceptance, or attainment
education as a passport to success
see also vaccine passport
Examples of passport in a Sentence
meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career
to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven
Recent Examples on the Web
But 79 percent of private flights, like those to LCY in 2023, faced no passport scrutiny whatsoever, according to the supposedly defective records Neal flagged.
—
Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Greenland all allow visa-free tourist travel for U.S. passport holders.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
According to his campaign, Trump wants to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants who lack legal status and limit these children’s access to passports and Social Security numbers.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
State and Metroparks Pass Required: $14 recreation passport Sterling State Park in Monroe is hosting a viewing party in the beach parking lot from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will provide complimentary eclipse glasses, while supplies last.
—Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Kazan airport employees initially confiscated both of her passports and, soon after, she was fined for failing to register her American passport with the Russian authorities, RFE/RL said.
—Mariya Knight, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Faruk Fatih Özer stood in front of a passport control officer at Istanbul Airport, a line of impatient travelers queuing behind him.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Hospital staff showed passports of three of the dead from Australia, Poland and the U.K., before the World Central Kitchen said victims also included a dual U.S. Canadian citizen and a Palestinian.
—James Hider, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
The driver and all of his passengers perished, except, inexplicably, the stringy girl who had just received her passport a week before the trip and had guarded it closely.
—Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Greenland all allow visa-free tourist travel for U.S. passport holders.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
According to his campaign, Trump wants to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants who lack legal status and limit these children’s access to passports and Social Security numbers.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
State and Metroparks Pass Required: $14 recreation passport Sterling State Park in Monroe is hosting a viewing party in the beach parking lot from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will provide complimentary eclipse glasses, while supplies last.
—Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Kazan airport employees initially confiscated both of her passports and, soon after, she was fined for failing to register her American passport with the Russian authorities, RFE/RL said.
—Mariya Knight, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Faruk Fatih Özer stood in front of a passport control officer at Istanbul Airport, a line of impatient travelers queuing behind him.
—Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Hospital staff showed passports of three of the dead from Australia, Poland and the U.K., before the World Central Kitchen said victims also included a dual U.S. Canadian citizen and a Palestinian.
—James Hider, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
The driver and all of his passengers perished, except, inexplicably, the stringy girl who had just received her passport a week before the trip and had guarded it closely.
—Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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passport
noun
pass·port
ˈpas-ˌpō(ə)rt
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
1
: a government-issued document that serves to identify a citizen and allows him or her to travel to foreign countries
2
: something that allows a person to reach a desired goal
education can be a passport to a successful future
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