Used in a Sentence

porte

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for porte.

Editorial note

Between my hotel and Porte de Versailles (the convention center) was literally one straight road, with a one-way system.

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Quick take

(now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of porte gathered in one view.

noun

(now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for porte.

noun

(now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

Example sentences

1

Between my hotel and Porte de Versailles (the convention center) was literally one straight road, with a one-way system.

2

The team also used a helicopter to whisk Porte off one mountain top finish, again in the name of recovery.

3

Maybe inside the loop, but go to Channelview or Deer Park or Baytown or La Porte or League City or even Webster.

4

Le lémurien têtu porte des cache-oreilles.

5

Because they look very steep when you compare them to other metro escalators, such as those in the Brussels Metro's Porte de Hal / Hallepoort station[1], which seem closer to 50° from horizontal.

6

Metro was easy sure, 300m to nearest station, then 2 stops on one line to Porte de Versailles - but that takes fractionally more time than a taxi, and is less pleasant than either a taxi or walking.

7

On a normal day without rush hour traffic, it can take nearly 1.5 hours to drive from what most Houstonians consider the West end of the 'Houston area' (Katy, TX) to the East end (La Porte or Baytown, TX).

Quote examples

1

If they specify that no locks be used, and that their functionality be replaced with a large sign on each door saying "Ceci n'est pas une porte", then yes, they ought to be.

2

Except, as we're seeing in cycling with teams like Sky, money will poured into legal ways to produce "marginal gains." See the kerfuffle during the recent Giro d'Italia when Sky provided their leader Richie Porte with his own motor home to provide more rest.

Proper noun examples

1

Porte has worked really well for me, and it was really enjoyable to write.

2

Porte doesn't require a specific directory structure - it just expects a big pile of images, videos, and.json files, so you can download and extract all archives to a single directory and then point to it.

3

> In 1881 the Ottoman governmental administration (the Sublime Porte) decreed that foreign Jews could immigrate to and settle anywhere within the Ottoman Empire, except in Palestine and from 1882 until their defeat in 1918, the Ottomans continuously restricted Jewish immigration and land purchases in Palestine.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use porte in a sentence?

Between my hotel and Porte de Versailles (the convention center) was literally one straight road, with a one-way system.

What does porte mean?

(now historical) The Ottoman court; (hence), the government of the Ottoman empire.

What part of speech is porte?

porte is commonly used as noun.