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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STEVEDORE

From Spanish estibador a packer, from estibar to load (a ship), from Latin stīpāre to pack full.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STEVEDORE

stevedore  [ˈstiːvɪˌdɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEVEDORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stevedore is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stevedore in English.

WHAT DOES STEVEDORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stevedore

Stevedore

Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer, wharfie, wharf rat, and/or longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country.

Definition of stevedore in the English dictionary

The definition of stevedore in the dictionary is a person employed to load or unload ships. Other definition of stevedore is to load or unload.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STEVEDORE

PRESENT

Present
I stevedore
you stevedore
he/she/it stevedores
we stevedore
you stevedore
they stevedore
Present continuous
I am stevedoring
you are stevedoring
he/she/it is stevedoring
we are stevedoring
you are stevedoring
they are stevedoring
Present perfect
I have stevedored
you have stevedored
he/she/it has stevedored
we have stevedored
you have stevedored
they have stevedored
Present perfect continuous
I have been stevedoring
you have been stevedoring
he/she/it has been stevedoring
we have been stevedoring
you have been stevedoring
they have been stevedoring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stevedored
you stevedored
he/she/it stevedored
we stevedored
you stevedored
they stevedored
Past continuous
I was stevedoring
you were stevedoring
he/she/it was stevedoring
we were stevedoring
you were stevedoring
they were stevedoring
Past perfect
I had stevedored
you had stevedored
he/she/it had stevedored
we had stevedored
you had stevedored
they had stevedored
Past perfect continuous
I had been stevedoring
you had been stevedoring
he/she/it had been stevedoring
we had been stevedoring
you had been stevedoring
they had been stevedoring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will stevedore
you will stevedore
he/she/it will stevedore
we will stevedore
you will stevedore
they will stevedore
Future continuous
I will be stevedoring
you will be stevedoring
he/she/it will be stevedoring
we will be stevedoring
you will be stevedoring
they will be stevedoring
Future perfect
I will have stevedored
you will have stevedored
he/she/it will have stevedored
we will have stevedored
you will have stevedored
they will have stevedored
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stevedoring
you will have been stevedoring
he/she/it will have been stevedoring
we will have been stevedoring
you will have been stevedoring
they will have been stevedoring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stevedore
you would stevedore
he/she/it would stevedore
we would stevedore
you would stevedore
they would stevedore
Conditional continuous
I would be stevedoring
you would be stevedoring
he/she/it would be stevedoring
we would be stevedoring
you would be stevedoring
they would be stevedoring
Conditional perfect
I would have stevedore
you would have stevedore
he/she/it would have stevedore
we would have stevedore
you would have stevedore
they would have stevedore
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stevedoring
you would have been stevedoring
he/she/it would have been stevedoring
we would have been stevedoring
you would have been stevedoring
they would have been stevedoring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you stevedore
we let´s stevedore
you stevedore
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to stevedore
Past participle
stevedored
Present Participle
stevedoring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STEVEDORE


commodore
ˈkɒməˌdɔː
conquistador
kɒnˈkwɪstəˌdɔː
Corregidor
kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː
corridor
ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː
cuspidor
ˈkʌspɪˌdɔː
dumbledore
ˈdʌmbəlˌdɔː
Ecuador
ˈɛkwəˌdɔː
four-door
ˈfɔːˌdɔː
heliodor
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌdɔː
humidor
ˈhjuːmɪˌdɔː
indoor
ˈɪnˌdɔː
jackdaw
ˈdʒækˌdɔː
komondor
ˈkɒmənˌdɔː
Labrador
ˈlæbrəˌdɔː
ochidore
ˈɒkɪˌdɔː
picador
ˈpɪkəˌdɔː
roncador
ˈrɒŋkəˌdɔː
Salvador
ˈsælvəˌdɔː
toreador
ˈtɒrɪəˌdɔː
utilidor
juːˈtɪlɪˌdɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEVEDORE

stertorousness
stet
stethoscope
stethoscopic
stethoscopist
stethoscopy
Stetson
stetted
Stettin
stetting
stevedore´s knot
stevedoring
Steven
Stevenage
Stevengraph
Stevens
Stevensgraph
Stevenson
Stevenson screen
stevia

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEVEDORE

adore
air commodore
avvogadore
bandore
compradore
Indore
matadore
moidore
pandore
provedore
windore

Synonyms and antonyms of stevedore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stevedore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEVEDORE

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

Translator English - Chinese

装卸工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estibador
570 millions of speakers

English

stevedore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

STEVEDORE
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشحن والتفريغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грузчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estivador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাহাজঘাটার কুলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débardeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stevedore
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stauer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

港湾作業員
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stevedore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đem hàng hóa lên bờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கப்பலில் சரக்கு ஏற்றி இறக்குபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टीव्हडोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahliyeci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stivatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robotnik portowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вантажник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

docher
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stevedore
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stuwadoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stevedore
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stevedore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stevedore

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STEVEDORE»

The term «stevedore» is regularly used and occupies the 57.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STEVEDORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stevedore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stevedore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEVEDORE»

Discover the use of stevedore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stevedore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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8th Special Stevedore
SECTION IT Section TI of the 8th Special CB Stevedore Battalion is loading and dilscharging a31 ships at Womens Bay, XodSak, Alaska, TbZs operation started on August 6, 1943, the same day this section of the battalion arrilved at Kodiak ...
8th Special Naval Construction Battalion
2
Stevedore of Jupiter
Don Wilcox. The Stevedore of Jupiter By Don Wilcox Chapter 1 “Snap it up. Get that stuff loaded!" It.
Don Wilcox, 2010
3
ABA Journal
The Stevedore of the stevedore for the injury of the longshoreman, the majority opinion held that the same accident gave rise to a separate breach of contract action by the shipowner against the stevedore which was unaffected by the ...
4
Southern Reporter
In stevedore's action against steamship company for damages for injury to employs of stevedore, paid to employe by stevedore, involving issue of whether alleged agent, who had made contract with stevedore, represented defendant company ...
‎1920
5
Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario
Jim Martini F. Scarfone C. Merchant M. Carravaggio Wm. Deeth . . . M. Doyle .... Boot. Miller F. Fletcher G. Perry Mate Vieta . . . A. Carravaggio B. Stranges . . . Aug. and Sept. Pulp Mill. Aug. and Sept. Pulp Mill. Aug. aud Sept. Stevedore.
Ontario. Legislative Assembly, 1904
6
Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
In stevedore'§ action against shipping company for injuries to stevedore's employé, for which stevedore had paid damages, on ground that injury was caused by defective apparatus furnished stevedore by shipping company, the fact that ...
Alabama. Court of Appeals, Lawrence H. Lee, 1921
7
Maritime Security: An Introduction
The stevedore will then bill the terminal operator for services. Perhaps the most valuable role that the stevedore plays is as a buffer between the laborers and the management of the terminal operator. The labor may or may not be members of ...
Michael McNicholas, 2011
8
Casebook on Contract Law
Scruttons was the stevedore, employed by a contract with the carrier, who negligently dropped and damaged the drum when delivering it to the consignees (Midland Silicones). Midland Silicones sued Scruttons in tort claiming the value of the ...
Jill Poole, 2012
9
Stevedore
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
10
Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands ...
The first occurred downtown in Union Square, a vortex of soapbox oratory and left-wing agitation, following the performance of a play about New Orleans dockworkers called Stevedore. Stevedore may well have been the most radical play of ...
Susan Quinn, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEVEDORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stevedore is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stevedore company Sea Port of St Peterburg JSC sells second …
Port cargo handling equipment The stevedore company Sea Port of St Peterburg JSC sells second-hand cargo handling equipment for 375 thousand USD. «Maritime News, Jul 15»
2
Ministry told man that derogation protects stevedores but EC says …
A stevedore (burdnar) - who is claiming his company went bankrupt after his operations were halted back in April – said that Finance Minister Edward Scicluna ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Port Board approves stevedore license
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Lake Charles Port Board has approved a stevedore license for New Orleans-based Coastal Cargo. The American Press reports ... «KSLA-TV, Jul 15»
4
Hawaii stevedores approve new union contract
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142, Hawaii Longshore Division, reached an agreement on terms with several stevedoring ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 15»
5
Auckland Port prosecuted over stevedore injury on vessel
In March the company was fined $55,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $25,000 to stevedore Neil Bower after he broke multiple bones in a 15-metre fall in ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
6
Joe Hockey to receive letter from stevedores on Port of Melbourne …
A consortium of stevedores and shipping groups who are angry over a proposed 800 per cent rent hike for DP World at the Port of Melbourne has sent a letter to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
7
From classroom to lorry - principal reinvents himself
But with the school now closed, the 54-year-old has rolled his sleeves up in a new job as a log truck driver and stevedore at Lyttelton Port. People have been ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
8
'Rome is burning': Stevedores cry foul over Port of Melbourne rent …
Asciano chief executive John Mullen has called for the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission to take a more active role in regulating Australia's ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
9
Stevedores to move if Melb pushes rent up
Companies have threatened to take their business elsewhere amid plans by the Port of Melbourne to push stevedore rents up by 800 per cent. Australia's largest ... «Sky News Australia, Mar 15»
10
Stevedore DP World hit with 800 per cent rent increase as Port of …
Stevedores at the nation's busiest container terminal face massive rent increases of up to 800 per cent as the Victorian government readies the Port of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»

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