ports
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🇺🇸
/pɔrts/
🇬🇧
/pɔːts/
(port)
harbor, connection
Etymology
'port' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'portus', where 'portus' meant 'harbour' or 'haven'.
'port' came into English via Old French 'port' and Medieval Latin forms from Latin 'portus', appearing in Middle English as 'port' and eventually becoming the modern English 'port'.
Initially, it meant 'harbour' or 'haven'; over time the sense broadened to include 'gate/entrance', the left side of a ship, fortified wine ('port'), hardware or software 'ports' (entry/connection points), and the verb senses 'to carry by ship' and 'to adapt software'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'port': harbors or sheltered places where ships load, unload, and take on passengers or cargo.
Many coastal cities maintain busy ports.
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Noun 2
plural of 'port': physical connectors or logical endpoints on a device or in networking (e.g., USB ports, TCP ports).
The server listens on several ports for incoming connections.
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Noun 3
plural of 'port': bottles or types of port (the fortified wine) when referring to more than one bottle/kind.
They ordered several ports to accompany the dessert.
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Verb 1
third-person singular present form of 'port': to carry or transport (especially by ship) — e.g., to load or convey goods to/from a place.
She ports crates from the warehouse to the dock every morning.
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Last updated: 2025/08/23 14:22