port of call

noun

1. a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.

port of call

noun

1. any port where a ship stops, excluding its home port

2. any place visited on a traveller's itinerary

Word History and Origins

Origin of port of call¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Through heavy static, barely audible answers crackle over from a crew member, who gradually lists the ship's insurance details, flag state and last port of call – Suez, Egypt.

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The tags also documented the ship’s point of departure, its intended route, its intended ports of call, and its final destination.

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"Part of our job is to have extremely difficult and challenging conversations with patients in our care, and sometimes we are their first port of call," she said.

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I’ve returned to reaching out to humans for professional advice, instead of making AI my first port of call.

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His first port of call was the University of Hong Kong, the territory’s flagship higher-education institution.

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