Meaning

1 senses

  1. To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).

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. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  3. Tom found a portal to the underworld.

    deTom fand ein Portal zur Unterwelt. — Naina · CC BY 2.0 FR

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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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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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

portals, portaling, portaled, portaled
Base formportal · to portal
3rd person singularportals
Present participleportaling
Past simpleportaled / portalled
Past participleportaled / portalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyportal
he, she, itportals

Past simpleLesson

all personsportaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave portaled
he, she, ithas portaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill portal

Word family

3 related words
RelatedporchB2portB1porthole

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
portB1portableC1portendporterportfolio

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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