password
nounDefinition of password
1
: something that enables one to pass or gain admission: such as
a
: a spoken word or phrase required to pass by a guard
b
: a sequence of characters required for access to a computer system
2
: watchword
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Examples of password in a Sentence
You need to enter your password to check your e-mail.
the password for the all-night rave will be changed next week
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Using the implant, hackers could access Apple customers' data, including their passwords and personal contacts, as well as messages sent through iMessage, WhatsApp, Gmail and Google Hangouts, according to Project Zero researchers. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, "Hackers breached iPhones for years, Google says," 30 Aug. 2019 Millions of Instagram users too, recently had their passwords exposed. — Mike Murphy, Quartz, "Facebook breached my privacy and all I got was a cup of coffee," 29 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'password.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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