PASSPORT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society

Synonyms:

passport; recommendation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("passport" is a kind of...):

characteristic (a distinguishing quality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("passport" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Meronyms (parts of "passport"):

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Example:

the pass to visit had a strict time limit

Synonyms:

pass; passport

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("passport" is a kind of...):

permission (approval to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passport"):

safe-conduct; safeguard (a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war)

Credits

Context examples:

The sight of the two-headed eagle of Du Guesclin, however, was a passport into any fortalice in France, and ere they had passed the gate the old border knight came running forwards with hands out-thrown to greet his famous countryman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you can take a long trip to a location that requires your passport—go.