Definitions for passport
ˈpæs pɔrt, -poʊrt, ˈpɑs-pass·port

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. pass, passportnoun

   any authorization to pass or go somewhere

   "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"

2. passportnoun

   a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

3. recommendation, passportnoun

   any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

   "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. passportnoun

   An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

   You will have to bring your passport to prove who you are.

2. passportnoun

   Any document that allows entry or passage.

3. Etymology: From passeport, from passer + port. Compare portpass.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Passportnoun

   Permission of egress.

   Etymology: passport, Fr.

   Under that pretext, fain she would have given a secret passport to her affection. Philip Sidney.

   Giving his reason passport for to pass
   Whither it would, so it would let him die. Philip Sidney.

   Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
   And crowns for convoy put into his purse. William Shakespeare.

   Having used extreme caution in granting passports to Ireland, he conceived that paper not to have been delivered. Clar.

   The gospel has then only a free admission into the assent of the understanding, when it brings a passport from a rightly disposed will, as being the faculty of dominion, that commands all, that shuts out, and lets in, what objects it pleases. Robert South, Sermons.

   Admitted in the shining throng,
   He shows the passport which he brought along;
   His passport is his innocence and grace,
   Well known to all the natives of the place. Dryden.

   At our meeting in another world;
   For thou hast drunk thy passport out of this. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Passportnoun

   permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water

2. Passportnoun

   a document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter

3. Passportnoun

   a license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct

4. Passportnoun

   figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance

5. Etymology: [F. passeport, orig., a permission to leave a port or to sail into it; passer to pass + port a port, harbor. See Pass, and Port a harbor.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Passport

   A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies the identity and nationality of its holder for the purpose of international travel. The elements of identity contained in all standardized passports include information about the holder, including name, date of birth, gender and place of birth. A passport does not of itself entitle the passport holder entry into another country, nor to consular protection while abroad nor any other privileges. It does, however, normally entitle the passport holder to return to the country that issued the passport. Rights to consular protection arise from international treaties, whilst the bearer's right to return to the passport's country of issue depends on the laws of the issuing country. A passport does not represent the right or the place of residence of the passport holder in the country that issued the passport.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. passport

   A permission granted by any state to a vessel, to navigate in some particular sea without molestation; it contains all particulars concerning her, and is binding on all persons at peace with that state. It is also a letter of licence given by authority, granting permission to enter, travel in, and quit certain territories.

2. passport

   See PASS.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. passport

   A document given by the competent officer of a state, which permits the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place by land or water. Also a license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. passport

   A type of official document with specific information that gives the person with the name and date of birth on the document authorization to travel to and enter the country, nation or jurisdiction of their birth and all countries, nations and jurisdictions of the world.

   Passports are a requirement if we like to travel out of the country we reside in.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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Matched Categories

1. • Characteristic
   • Law
   • Legal Document
   • Permission

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'passport' in Nouns Frequency: #2879

Anagrams for passport »

1. popstars

2. pop stars

How to pronounce passport?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of passport in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of passport in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of passport in a Sentence

1. Atella Mahdi al-Hemos:

   Topographical change is happening. This has become clear, you won't enter without a badge. The badge ends up becoming a passport.

2. Philippe May:

   Ten years ago, it was absolutely unthinkable that someone would choose a Chinese passport over a British passport.

3. Michael Underhill:

   You will see some more passport controls and higher security, but at the end of the day the business of logistics and travel will keep grinding higher.

4. Marty Puranik:

   If you give lower level information, or information that can be changed -- for example, a second credit card to verify your identity -- it is easier to change and protect that then a social security number or passport ID.

5. Asher Salmon:

   We have introduced schemes where you can not enter cultural venues, clubs, bars without getting tested if you've not had the jab, a secondary advantage of the passport, alongside reducing the rate of infection, is to encourage young people to be vaccinated.

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