passport

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any authorization to pass or go somewhere
noun a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
noun any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

From French passeport, from passer (“pass”) + port (“port”). Compare portpass. Equivalent to pass + port.

Our passports have been examined. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain
“Is this your passport?” asked he. — Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne
Now there is the yellow passport. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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