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Port (carry)

Port

Latin portare: to carry.

A porter carried our bags at the railway station.

Transport

To carry people or goods from place to place.

Trucks transport vegetables from villages to the city.

Portable

Light enough to carry easily.

Rohan took a portable speaker to the picnic.

Remember: A porter carries your luggage. Import = carry in; export = carry out. Verbs stress the end (to trans-PORT); nouns stress the front (public TRANS-port, an IM-port).

Short lessonRootsMany English words are built on old Latin or Greek roots that carry a core meaning.

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