/pɔːt/
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Translation
A town or place by the sea where ships stop to load and unload.
Word origin
From Latin portus, meaning harbour.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- portus
- English cognates
- opportunity
Grammar
Gender
Pluralports
Examples
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A "port" is a place by the sea where ships stop.
Rotterdam busiest Europe.
"Ports" is the plural form.
fishing sunrise.
We say "leave port" and "in port" without "the" in sea language.
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