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# port

noun (port, ports)

«port» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A port is a town or place where ships stop to load and unload goods and people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#m1)
2. Port is the left side of a ship when you face the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#m2)
3. A port on a computer is a hole where you plug in a cable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#m3)
4. Port is a sweet strong wine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#m4)

### In the lessons

a setting: ships arriving and leaving, distance between ports; in geography: big ports trade goods with other countries; in history: explorers sailed from port to port; phrases: «in port», «port of call», «any port in a storm» (any help is welcome in trouble)

### Examples

- 5 ships left the port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x1)
- 3 ships arrived at the port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x2)
- The ports are 90 km apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x3)
- How many ships are in the port now? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x4)
- Containers are unloaded at the busy port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x5)
- The ship stayed in port during the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x6)
- Port is left and starboard is right on a boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x7)
- Plug the cable into the USB port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x8)
- At last the port was reached. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/#x9)

### Note

«Arrive» adds, «leave» takes away. Ships in port now = at first + arrived − left. Port (left) and starboard (right); a trick to remember: «port» and «left» both have four letters.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «port» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/port/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«port» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/port.html) on Mova free.