airport
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- noun
- /ˈɛrˌpɔrt/
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeActually, 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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An airport with a runway, control tower, and hangars for planes
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A place like a small airport with a control tower, hangars, and areas for passengers and cargo
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An airport that handles jet planes
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A place where planes take off and land that has a control tower and buildings for passengers and cargo
Compounds
An international airport in Queens, New York that handles many flights to and from other countries
A large airport in Queens in New York City that handles domestic and international flights
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A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
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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.