airport
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌpɔrt/
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aeropuerto
- I arrived at the airport two hours before my flight to ensure I had enough time to check in.
- an international airport
- airport security
- flights at the airport
Actually, I saw you once at the airport in New York, probably.
- Actually, I saw you once at the airport in New York, probably.
- Got a phone call, got to get to the airport, meet and greet.
- Who shows up to the airport needing luggage?
- The coziness that I feel at an airport is disturbing at best.
- I don't get irritated with airports because I fly private.
- And he got to Stansted Airport in boxes of bananas.
Examples
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On Sunday, we head back to the airport, sometimes 3+ hours away, and fly back home.
Academic text (2008) -
We're going to the airport to pick up Danny Houston.
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Actually, I saw you once at the airport in New York, probably.
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OK, guys, so we are now in the airport with this bag.
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So I'm at the airport, we're flying home.
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Wow, this is the quietest airport I have been to yet.
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I'm meeting my sister at the airport and that's the plan.
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I was flying from New York JFK airport to go to Detroit.
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By the time the plane banked over JFK Airport, she was too weak to stand.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was met at the Beijing airport by Chen Zhan and another military officer.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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8.4
An airport with a runway, control tower, and hangars for planes
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9.9
A place like a small airport with a control tower, hangars, and areas for passengers and cargo
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3.8
An airport that handles jet planes
A place where planes take off and land that has a control tower and buildings for passengers and cargo
Compounds
A large airport in Queens in New York City that handles domestic and international flights
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
An international airport in Queens, New York that handles many flights to and from other countries
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Airport is made of air and port, where port means 'harbour' or a place for arriving and leaving. So an airport is like a 'harbour' for planes, a place where they land, take off, and people and goods move in and out.