passport
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈpæspɔrt/
:
pasaporte
- Yeah, this must be my passport to Hollywood.
Just having a degree of engineering. Can I maybe a passport to a job?
- Just having a degree of engineering. Can I maybe a passport to a job?
- I felt the pressure of being able to, essentially, to me the vaccine was a passport to be able to leave the country.
- Crucially, if you leave the EU and you leave the single market, you give up the vital passport.
Examples
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One city, one meal had been his passport to freedom for the past five years.
Blog text (30) -
A college degree seems to be a passport to a better job.
Academic text (1998) -
Brand-name recognition thus became the passport to an imagined community of youth.
Academic text (2005) -
Buster, I've got our passport to prosperity right here.
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A doctoral degree is considered a passport to community college leadership (Townsend, 1996).
Academic text (2002) -
Her artistic talent served as a passport to a successful career in the entertainment industry.
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For many, speaking multiple languages is a passport to new job opportunities and adventures abroad.
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His extensive knowledge of technology became a passport to a promotion at work.
Synonyms
770
3.5
A useful quality, skill, or person that helps someone succeed
374
1.6
An official ticket that allows entry to a place or event
107
3.4
A skill, certificate or experience that makes someone suitable for a job
20
2.8
A quality that makes people like or trust someone
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4.1
A special chance that gives a person an easy way to succeed
Antonyms
15
5.2
Officials stop someone from taking part because they did not follow a rule or meet a requirement
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Etymology
Passport is also used in a figurative way because a real passport lets you enter other countries; a helpful way to remember this is to think of it as something that 'opens the way' to a job, group, or success.