port of entry
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4.4
- noun
- /pɔrt əv ˈɛntri/
- Formal
:
punto de entrada
- This port of entry is crucial for facilitating international trade and commerce between the two countries.
- inspector at a port of entry
- busy port of entry
- major port of entry
Forcing them through the ports of entry, do better lawful pathways, right?
- Forcing them through the ports of entry, do better lawful pathways, right?
Examples
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You still see a line of Mexicans at the U.S. port of entry waiting to visit Nogales, Arizona.
Academic text (2011) -
So we're gonna sail across from Suva, Fiji... to Port Moresby, which is the port of entry.
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The gold stars identify the most likely ports of entry.
Academic text (2001) -
The main port of entry to and departure from Pakistan.
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Application for admission as a business visitor must be made at a port of entry.
Academic text (1990) -
The need to move beyond old-fashioned border control becomes apparent when visiting a major port of entry.
Academic text (2000) -
Every day, more than 300,000 vehicles, roughly 2,500 aircraft, and nearly 600 ships pass through US ports of entry.
Academic text (2004) -
People and goods arrive daily at more than 3,700 terminals in 301 ports of entry.
Academic text (2000) -
The City of Tampa sits on the west-central side of Florida, a port of entry with an impressive harbor tucked along Tampa Bay.
Academic text (2003) -
We will be arriving at the port of entry, where customs officials will inspect our luggage.
Synonyms
248
1.3
A place like a harbour where people and goods enter or leave a country
6
4.1
An official place like an airport where people or goods enter a country and have customs and immigration checks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'port' (a harbor/airport/harbour for entry) + 'of' + 'entry' (the act/place of entering) yields the meaning 'a place for entering a country'. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common noun-noun construction and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Port of entry comes from the image of a port or airport where people and goods first make entry into a country and officials check passports and cargo. So, it now means the place where people or things are allowed to 'enter a country'.