I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
first port of call
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My first port of call will be the post office.
free port
port of call
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My first port of call will be the post office.
port of entry
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
busiest
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Los Angeles is set to take over from New York as the busiest port in the world.
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Hong Kong shot past Rotterdam in 1987 to become the world's busiest container port .
commercial
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It was obvious however that Bristol's days as a commercial port were numbered.
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However, the planning permission here was to operate a commercial port in a precisely delineated area.
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The action follows a blockade on Monday by more than 60 ships at Teesport, Britain's second largest commercial port .
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The dock company could not operate a commercial port at the dockyard without disturbing nearby residents.
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Stephen's grant also included the harbour of Gruz, which is now the commercial port for Dubrovnik.
fishing
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How many fishing ports are there?
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Leith developed as both a trading and fishing port .
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Others like San Benedetto del Tronto are busy fishing ports .
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Shopping is at Vassiliki, a small, colourful fishing port at the other end of the beach.
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Relatives of residents are Ardview House in Ardglass, are to stage a seven mile walk from Downpatrick to the fishing port .
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Fishing boat, Lofoten My first sight of a Lofoten fishing port was on a small island off Svolvær.
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Today it is an important administrative centre and fishing port .
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a working town as well as a holiday place, for centuries past and still today a very active fishing port .
free
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The Kansas attorney-general has sued the federal government, arguing that the law bars free access to ports .
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Both prospered in the colonial period as free ports .
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The base has been made a free port and special economic zone.
great
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Thus it was a great port with a very long-established seafaring tradition.
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Fourth, the Port of London would continue to be one of the world's great ports .
large
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Prince Finubar watched his home city become the largest trading port in the world and was happy.
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The action follows a blockade on Monday by more than 60 ships at Teesport, Britain's second largest commercial port .
main
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The end of this breakwater only becomes clear when fairly close, but otherwise the approaches to the main port are simple.
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But that apparently is enough money only to extend the fence a short way east of the main port of entry.
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The country's main port , Chittagong, was crippled and the entire salt producing industry around Cox's Bazar destroyed.
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Haiphong, the main northern port , was paralyzed.
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Throughout the war, Liverpool was Britain's main convoy port , maintaining a lifeline which was crucial to Allied victory.
major
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In order to save transport costs they seek to have factories in positions near to the major ports of Britain.
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Ephesus was, in its heyday, a major port , a trading and manufacturing center of 250, 000.
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It grew rapidly and by 1913 had even outstripped Cardiff to become the major coal-exporting port in the world.
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By July i the Confederates were left with only one major river port: Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Sukemi applied for a transfer back to Java and was sent to Surabaya, a major port .
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At that time, Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day.
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The canals whose routes connected up to the major ports carried Britain's exports to the coast and brought imported raw materials inland.
parallel
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This includes the serial and parallel ports , the hard drive, the screen and finally, the whole machine.
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The only interfaces that are almost universally supplied as standard are the parallel port and the serial port.
serial
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This includes the serial and parallel ports , the hard drive, the screen and finally, the whole machine.
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They will also have a serial data port that can be hooked up to a printer.
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Output from and input to the serial port can be controlled either by software or hardware.
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If your computer has a spare serial port , I generally recommend an external unit for two reasons.
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A modem can be fitted to your computer internally or attached externally via a serial port .
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For each port , a decision must be made whether modem control on the serial ports is required.
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The back panel has two serial ports , a printer port, a games port and video socket - all clearly labelled.
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A second serial port and a games port socket is supplied on a separate bracket.
small
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The impact fell heavily on a small number of ports .
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A small bass port below the midrange / bass unit simply is not enough to reach the lower depths.
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Most towns are small ports , with only about 5000-10 000 people each.
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The small port of Lorain, Ohio, handled nearly five times as much.
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The small port supports a picturesque fishing fleet.
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One night she had boarded a small fishing vessel moored at a small port near Yalta.
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No, we were to look at the houses round the small port , and at their inhabitants.
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Devon and Cornwall's canals connected agricultural areas with the goods they needed which came in through the many small ports .
southern
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Shipping lines have been avoiding the southern ports in fear of having their vessels blockaded.
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Lincoln, in turn, ordered a blockade of Southern ports .
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Of southern and western ports , Weymouth was ranked tenth in 1765 and ninth in 1770 but was not ranked in 1775.
■ NOUN
authority
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By 1969 the port authority had reduced this to 700 hectares.
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At the earliest convenience, one should register with the port authority office, located in the low building beside the marina.
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The port authority says it has no immediate plans for developing more of Seal Sands.
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No report was obtained by the ports authority .
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It is extremely unlikely that it would have done so because everyone at the ports authority had always envisaged a 24-hour operation.
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I am satisfied that this reference did not emanate from anyone representing the ports authority or the dock company.
channel
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We certainly appreciate it at the channel ports .
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A large percentage of Marseilles fresh fish supplies is brought from the North Sea and Channel ports .
container
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Hong Kong shot past Rotterdam in 1987 to become the world's busiest container port .
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Increasing demand for container port services in Hong Kong is adding some urgency to the need for expansion.
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It had an active business operation side and Seaforth - the container port - was still being built.
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That, in turn, has required container ports to become deeper and deeper.
facility
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He suggested to Auchinleck that he raid Bouerat and destroy any shipping and port facilities .
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We have also been in negotiation to privately finance a port facility in joint venture with Central Government and the Local Authority.
home
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At its home port , it was found to be carrying a large consignment of drugs.
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Bustling New Bedford, home port to hundreds of ships, was the whaling capital of the world.
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The two ships then started back for their home port .
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On return to its home port in Tripoli, the ship is given a huge welcome.
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There is a keen battle between these two to be first into their home port of Auckland.
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And back to home port time and again when other U-boats weren't so lucky.
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Britannia left her home port of Portsmouth only six times last year cruising for just 31 days.
sea
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The movement of finished goods to the sea ports and to London was important.
side
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Two of the torpedoes struck below the waterline on the port side near the aviation fuel tanks.
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From the port side depths of seven fathoms were sounded, but only twelve from the starboard side.
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It was obvious that the ship was running alongside a sand bank with a shoal water on the port side .
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Suddenly he swung up close to my port side , waggling his wings frantically and pointing downwards.
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I then broke away because I saw two fighters above on the port side .
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On the port side of the lobby is the forward head and shower compartment.
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A door on the port side of the same bulkhead led to a combined radio-room and chart-room.
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A wall of dark water, approaching our port side at an incredible speed.
wine
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The Casa do Turista also has a section with old madeiras and port wines .
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As well as treatment of port wine stains, other lasers can be used to remove tattoos or in surgery.
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Mathematical modelling can determine theoretically ideal laser variables for treating port wine stains.
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The pulsed dye laser is used to remove port wine stains which affect three in every 1,000 people.
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He was holding his glass of port wine and swallowing hard.
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He had large dark eyes, like pears set in port wine aspic, deep pools in a thin, delicate face.
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Jugged beer in stout and port wine sauce specialities of the house.
■ VERB
dock
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In order to aid the assembly of the modular station, Mir is equipped with six docking ports .
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Salyut 6 had docking ports so that the crew could be rotated and re-supplied b automatic vehicles.
enter
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The judge demanded to know why Stavridis tried to enter the port without a local pilot on board.
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The former I destroyed before entering the port of Vera Cruz, having committed it to memory.
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At that time, Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day.
include
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Hutchison, controlled by the billionaire Li Ka Shing, has interests that include property, ports and media.
leave
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For once, the optical illusion experienced by sailors leaving port seemed apt.
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Actually, leaving port had brought a new rush of energy.
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As he was leaving the port .
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That afternoon we saw that two of the fishing boats were preparing to leave port .
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Britannia left her home port of Portsmouth only six times last year cruising for just 31 days.
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Cooley, the consignee of two vessels leaving that port , refused to pay the fee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Port Angeles, Washington
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the shipping port of New Bedford
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A unique oval aft cockpit is dry and protected when sailing and is an excellent area for dining in port .
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Housing is a natural first port of call.
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In 1989, the port held a hearing to consider whether to raze the Del Mar.
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That, in turn, has required container ports to become deeper and deeper.
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The Open Look port , however, took a year to complete.
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The small port of Lorain, Ohio, handled nearly five times as much.
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There was a further emigration attempt from the port of Durrës on Nov. 5.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
s
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Bike patrol agents are responsible for patrolling downtown San Luis, as well as the U. S . port of entry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Asterix has been ported to UnixWare, and will also announce full support for Hewlett-Packard's OpenMail at UniForum.
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But it needs some encouragement to port to Unix and substitute it for the server, rather than OS/2.
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Solaris 1.1 and 2.1 will be ported to be embedded architecture along with real-time operating systems.
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With the M16, that gas was ported straight into the bolt.