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e-passport

e-passport noun: a biometric passport.

Noun

e-passport (plural e-passports)

  1. a biometric passport
    • A Home Office analysis seen by the Guardian has concluded that changes announced by Philip Hammond on Wednesday, which allow citizens from seven other countries including the US to use e-passports to travel through Britain, will slow down UK citizens’ journey times.2019 March 13, Rajeev Syal, “E-passport changes will cause longer queues for Britons, leak reveals”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    • The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”.2020 October 23, Daniel Boffey, “UK presses for use of faster passport gates at EU airports post-Brexit”, in The Guardian

Forms of e-passport

plurale-passports

Origin of e-passport

From e- + passport.

Questions about e-passport

What does e-passport mean?
E-passport means a biometric passport.
What part of speech is e-passport?
E-passport is a noun.
What is the plural of e-passport?
The plural of e-passport is e-passports.

Words near e-passport in the dictionary

  1. e-novellas
  2. e-novels
  3. e-pal
  4. e-pals
  5. e-paper
  6. e-passport
  7. e-passports
  8. e-payment
  9. e-payments
  10. e-payroll
  11. e-periodical

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