papers
Official documents or identification, as a passport.
Example
“He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.”
Other meanings
A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.
cigarette papers
Synonyms
- document
- written document
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “papers” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.