port

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /poʊrt/ or /pɔːrt/ or /pɔːt/, SAMPA: /poUr\t/ or /pO:r\t/ or /pO:t/

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Noun

Singular port

Plural ports

1. (countable) A port is a place for ships to stop to trade or refuel.
   • Synonym: harbor

   The port was bombed by the Japanese during World War II.

2. (countable) (computing) A port is a socket in a computer where a device can be plugged in.

Verb

Plain form port

Third-person singular ports

Past tense ported

Past participle ported

Present participle porting

1. If a ship ports, it turns to a port.
2. (computing) If you port a software, you transfer it from one system to another.
3. (military) If you port your weapon, you carry it diagonally across the body with the barrel near the left shoulder.