Password
['pɑːswɜːd] or [ˈpæsˌwə:d]
Definition
(noun.) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; 'he forgot the password'.
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Definition
(n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Watchword, countersign.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a password, foretells you will have influential aid in some slight trouble soon to attack you. For a woman to dream that she has given away the password, signifies she will endanger her own standing through seeking frivolous or illicit desires.
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Examples
- The term Shibboleth has come to mean a countersign or password of a secret society since the Biblical days, when the Ephraimites, who had been routed by Jephthah, tried to pass the Jordan. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Have you the password? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The guardsman stepped before me, saying, No one comes from Than Kosis without carrying an order or the password. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You must know the second half of a password. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Good, said Agustín, and that they send some one here who knows the password. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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