Meaning

14 senses
  1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

    The local library, a portal of knowledge.

    Portal

  2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

    A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.

  3. (Internet)A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

    The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.

    Portal

    порта́лportál

    порта́лportál

    a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet

  4. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

    (Internet, Philippines)An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)

    I have already inputted my info on the portal.

  5. (Internet, Philippines)The existence of an account on an ePortal.

    You need to have a portal to have a driver's license.

  6. A short artery that carries blood into the liver.

    a short vein that carries blood into the liver

  7. A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.

  8. A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

  9. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

  10. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

    Portal

    порта́лportál

    порта́лportál

  11. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

  12. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. This portal leads to another world.

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  2. Tom found a portal to another dimension.

    ruТом обнаружил портал в другое измерение.

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  3. Tom found a portal to the underworld.

    deTom fand ein Portal zur Unterwelt.

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  4. These two portals are connected via a wormhole.

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  5. This portal was created exclusively for students to use.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, fr

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

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Forms

plural: portals
Singularportal
Pluralportals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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