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Collocations for port - noun

ADJECTIVE

bustling, busy
major
coastal, foreign, home, sea
Channel, Gulf, etc.
cargo, coal (BrE), commercial, ferry, fishing

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VERB + port

come into, enter, reach
The vessel reached port the next morning.
leave

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port + NOUN

area, city, town
authority
facilities
security

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PREPOSITION

in port
Bad weather kept the ship in port for three more days.
into port
She tried to steer the boat into port.

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PHRASES

a port of call
Our next port of call was Bermuda.
a port of entry (= where people or goods can enter a country officially)
Foreign visitors are fingerprinted at the port of entry.

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