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PRONUNCIATION OF PORT OF ENTRY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORT OF ENTRY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Port of entry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORT OF ENTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

port of entry

Port of entry

In general, a port of entry is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has a staff of people who check passports and visas and inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. International airports are usually ports of entry, as are road and rail crossings on a land border. Seaports can be used as ports of entry only if a dedicated customs presence is posted there. The choice of whether to become a port of entry is up to the civil authority controlling the port.

Definition of port of entry in the English dictionary

The definition of port of entry in the dictionary is an airport, harbour, etc, where customs officials are stationed to supervise the entry into and exit from a country of persons and merchandise.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORT OF ENTRY

port dues
Port Elizabeth
Port Harcourt
Port Jackson
Port Jackson wattle
Port Jackson willow
Port Louis
Port Lyautey
Port Moresby
Port Nicholson
port of call
Port of Spain
Port Phillip
Port Phillip Bay
Port Royal
Port Said
Port Sudan
Port Talbot
port wine stain

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORT OF ENTRY

agentry
bill of entry
book of original entry
carpentry
country
Coventry
credit entry
Daventry
debit entry
double entry
entry
forced entry
forcible entry
gentry
landed gentry
misentry
re-entry
send to Coventry
sentry
single entry
unlawful entry

Synonyms and antonyms of port of entry in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «port of entry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORT OF ENTRY

Find out the translation of port of entry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of port of entry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «port of entry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

入境口岸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puerto de entrada
570 millions of speakers

English

port of entry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवेश के बंदरगाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميناء الدخول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порт прибытия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porta de entrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দরের প্রবেশ পথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

port d´entrée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tempat masuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Einreisehafen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通関手続地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항목의 포트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelabuhan entri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảng nhập cảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுழைவு துறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नोंद बंदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

giriş noktası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porto di entrata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Port wejścia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порт прибуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

port de intrare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θύρα εισόδου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plek van binnekoms
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hamnen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

port av oppføring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of port of entry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORT OF ENTRY»

The term «port of entry» is regularly used and occupies the 94.106 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORT OF ENTRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about port of entry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORT OF ENTRY»

Discover the use of port of entry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to port of entry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forgotten Doors: The Other Ports of Entry to the United States
This collection concentrates on the story of immigration through ports of entry to the United States other than Ellis Island, including Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
M. Mark Stolarik, 1988
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Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts
3. An exit route from the reservoir 4. A mode of transmission 5. A port of entry 6. A susceptible host (Fig. 10-2) uncooked and unrefrigerated food. They are present in intestinal excreta and the earth's organic material. Goldmann and colleagues ...
Barbara Kuhn Timby, 2009
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The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of ...
This process is diagrammed in figure 8.1, where the solid arrows show the ports of entry and the dotted arrow shows the theoretical therapeutic target. FIGURE 8.1 theoretical therapeutic target main port of entry The San Francisco therapist will ...
Daniel N. Stern, 1995
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Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children: Repairing the ...
The initial choice of a port of entry is sometimes determined by the therapist's clinical judgment of what needs attention in the moment, either because it is charged with emotional meaning or because it has important long-term implications for ...
Alicia F. Lieberman, Patricia Van Horn, 2011
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Handbook of Infant Mental Health
Once an initial port of entry is chosen, other points of entry can open up in quick succession (although sometimes efforts to pursue a port of entry may seem to lead nowhere). Examples of different ports of entry as opportunities for intervention ...
Charles H. Zeanah, 2009
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Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands
... pay applicable Customs duty before selling it or offering it for sale or charter within the United States. Cruising licenses exempt pleasure boats of certain countries from formal entry and clearance procedures at all but the first Port of Entry.
Earl R. Hinz, Jim Howard, 2006
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A synoptical index to the laws and treaties of the United ...
President may designate port of entry on River Mississippi, Port of entry thus designated abolistied, . District of Beaufort, in North Carolina, established, . Easton, in Maryland, and Tiverton, in Rhode Island, ports of delivery, ' President may ...
Asbury Dickins, United States, 1852
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Statutes of the United States Relating to Revenue, Commerce, ...
331 appointment and salary of local inspectors of steamboats at . . . . . . . .340, 349, 392 Pittsloum, rile. port of delivery in Bath District . . . . . . . . 59 Plankbridge, N. C. formerly a port of entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 foreign vessels may unlade at .
United States, 1868
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Synoptical index to the laws and treaties of the United ...
President may designate port of entry on River Mississippi, ii. 181 iii. 505 4804, Feb. 24. Port of entry thus designated abolished, . . . ii. 252 iii. 571 1803, Mar. 3. District of Beanfort, in North Carolina, established. . . ii. 228 iii. 545 1803, Mar. 8.
‎1852
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The United States Customs Guide; Being a Compilation of the ...
Port of Entry, Bristol, Dlstmt 0f Bn'tol '2 W'm'm' i Collector, GEORGE H. REYNOLDS. . . Port of Entry, N ort, District of Newport, . . . . . . g Collector, GILBEBZDPCHAsE. I STATE OF CONNECTICUT. . . . Port of Entry, Middletown Dlsmct of ...
Rh. S. S. ANDROS, 1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORT OF ENTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term port of entry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Construction for pedestrian underpass begins near Mariposa Port of
... Route 189 through this fall, as Arizona Department of Transportation crews install a pedestrian underpass at The Mariposa Port of Entry. «Tucson News Now, Jul 15»
2
$25M to fix Manitoba's border crossings
"Improvements to port of entry facilities help ensure the free flow of legitimate travel and trade across Canadian borders. Our commitment to ... «Winnipeg Sun, Jul 15»
3
Have You Requested a Refund on Your Imports Under GSP?
Filers must request a refund in writing from the Port Director at the port of entry by December 28, 2015. • The request may cover either ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
4
El Paso CBP officer arrested on alien smuggling charge
Madrid has been with the agency since 1995 and was assigned to the El Paso port of entry." Madrid has hired criminal defense attorney Robert ... «KVIA El Paso, Jul 15»
5
Kern County man sentenced to 5 years in prison for cocaine …
... of a tractor trailer containing cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, to a location in Bakersfield. «KERO 23ABC News, Jul 15»
6
Passport to trouble? Be safe, get a Chinese visa
The order does not define the geographic limits of "port of entry" nor does it detail what those "specific zones" might be. Gary Chodorow, an ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
7
Brazil welcomed more than 6.4m foreign tourists in 2014
The main port of entry for the country remains São Paulo, through which 2,219,917 visitors entered. Rio de Janeiro, which was the gateway for ... «RCI Ventures, Jul 15»
8
China has finally legalized game console sales—for real this time
... and until now the city has remained the sole port of entry for foreign game systems. With that last restriction now lifted, however, foreign game ... «SiliconANGLE, Jul 15»
9
Immigrants' journey is long, hard and worth it all
Here's a selection: Alien: Any person not a citizen or national of the United States. Asylee: An alien in the United States or at a port of entry who is. «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
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CBP Announces 3 Tentative Selections for Donation Acceptance …
Accepted donations may be used for activities related to the construction, alteration, operations, and maintenance of CBP or GSA port of entry ... «Yumanewsnow, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Port of entry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/port-of-entry>. Apr 2024 ».
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