PASSPORT


Meaning of PASSPORT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

issue a passport/permit/visa etc

The US State Department issues millions of passports each year.

passport control

It took us ages to get through passport control.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

false

He was provided with a false passport in the name of William Goode.

McMullen unlawfully entered the United States in 1978 on a false passport .

He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.

valid

It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.

If you do not already hold a valid passport , application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.

A valid passport is essential when you travel abroad.

■ NOUN

application

The U. S. Passport Office has a backlog of as many as 120, 000 passport applications , a spokeswoman estimates.

It's absurd, these days, like submitting a portrait in oils with your passport application .

The average turnround for a passport application in the last year has been six working days.

control

The bustle of passport control and customs clearance over, father and daughter emerged into the pristine arrivals lounge.

At the border, swastika flags fluttered from passport control and police sauntered to the car to demand identification.

The Roberts were soon following the stream of passengers heading in the direction of passport control .

Her cover was the passport control office.

Only two passport control booths were open.

Okay, so it still takes the best part of an hour to move the next ten paces past passport control .

You don't have to queue up at passport control .

From 1929 to 1936 he was re-employed, under the cover of passport control officer, in Rome.

office

Then it was back to Milton Hall for Stewart and back to the passport office for Tish.

The State Department, which administers the passport office , declined to comment.

photo

We must have looked so gormless; we certainly looked it in our passport photos .

Out front, stuck in the lawn by the walk, was a sign announcing that he took passport photos .

■ VERB

apply

If you need to apply for a passport , do so at least 12 weeks before departure.

She applied for a temporary passport , which involved getting a letter of reference.

She couldn't apply for a passport as she was under age.

ask

He was pleased nobody had asked for his passport .

The older man greeted him politely and asked to see his passport .

After 45 minutes of this and two cups of tea the official asked to see my passport .

What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport ?

carry

Less than 70,000 Hong Kong people carry this passport .

He was carrying a false passport when he arrived from London but was recognised during a routine check.

Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere.

check

After checking for passports and air travel tickets we had nothing else to do but wait for our taxi.

get

After they got their passports stamped they found themselves just inside the larger concourse of the enormous building.

I've got to get his passport and take him away from here.

But we can leave as soon as you get the passport and the visa.

But the backlog is clearing up, especially if you get your passport by mail.

Businessmen will get most passports , perhaps as much as two-thirds.

In the rear, I found out that you could get a passport .

give

Amnesty International also intervened on her behalf and only days before she was due to leave, she was given a passport .

Each boxer would be given a passport that officials could readily review.

hand

There they are tricked into handing over their passports under the ruse that the men require them to process their visa applications.

The officer handed him the passport with a little bow and a smile.

hold

They may even be required to hold on to your passport for a while.

Its founder, Vehbi Alimucaj, holds a diplomatic passport , according to Western officials.

If you do not already hold a valid passport , application forms may be obtained from the Post Office.

About 400, 000 Hong Kong residents, or 8 percent of the population, hold foreign passports as protection.

One of the men held the women's passports .

Maze fugitive Jim Smyth, 38, was released in San Francisco after being held for passport offences.

issue

Like the committees of July 1936, they issued passports , raised local levies, licensed apothecaries.

The government office had consequently delayed issuing an emigration passport .

need

After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.

Anyone who needs a new passport within three working days also can add a rush fee of $ 30.

Joyce would need a passport , and that with the minimum of delay.

If you need a passport , the time to get one is now.

obtain

In October 1945 he obtained a passport .

Loss of a passport up to £150 Reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses necessary to obtain a replacement passport.

He had been forced to sign a co-operation agreement in order to obtain a passport , although he had never actually collaborated.

It may be necessary to obtain a supplementary passport .

stamp

His features relaxed and he stamped my passport .

Emmett, an immigration officer at Gatwick airport, stamped the passports , giving their holders the right to enter Britain indefinitely.

The woman who stamped my passport made me change money with her and she robbed me.

She stamps his passport without a word.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I was waved straight through the gate behind them, fanning the air with my passport .

It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary.

Paris was mooted but when Henrietta could not find her passport they eloped to Edinburgh.

So, on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed, a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow.

Though made with direct flash, the resulting portrait was anything but a passport picture.

What will you do if they stop you in the street and ask for your passport ?

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.