BERTH Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈbərth

Definition of berth

as in position

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay found a berth at a travel agency

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verb

as in to dock

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Noun

Some of them were at berths in the locked marina, but others were at anchor. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The port hull also houses a children’s cabin with four berths and an aft guest cabin, while the starboard hull features a second guest cabin, along with the crew quarters. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

Getting Canadarm2 back online will be critical to berth some cargo ships at the space station, which carry food, equipment and other supplies to the astronauts, as well as to perform a share of maintenance on the orbiting complex. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026 The Cavs, probably soon, are going home for the summer with the most expensive roster in NBA history and no finals berth to show for it. — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for berth

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Noun

Maintaining command-and-control links matters when troops rely on aerial sensors to gather information beyond their immediate positions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Also, the fact that planets in this arrangement slide along their orbit and swap positions means that their positions in that orbit change, which, in turn, changes the timing of the transits.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of position

Verb

The process starts with a three-dimensional model of the binding site, into which the peptide is docked until the fit is precise, which Knight compares to a key in a lock.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
After rendezvous this morning, Dragon will autonomously dock to the zenith port on the station's Harmony module.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dock

Verb

Once moored, a boardwalk leads through old-growth forest to the fault itself, where ocean water is drawn in, heated up high and released through fissures in the rock.

— Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
In the summer of 2021, Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, was invited onto a superyacht moored off the ancient city of Durrës, on the Adriatic coast.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of moor

Verb

The six-university research collaboration, anchored at Stanford, studies elite athletes to improve health for everyone.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Functioning with dream-like logic, this notion of memory anchored the narrative but also let Tierney move through years with speed and clarity.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of anchor

Verb

Even after Hammami was tied up (passengers used headphone cords and plastic zip ties), the passengers and crew were in danger.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The town has spent years wrestling with how to reduce aircraft noise, including past efforts to impose curfews and restrictions becoming tied up in court.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tie up

Verb

Getting observational data from Thwaites’ grounding line is the next step, Rignot said.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Of course, the West itself is a nebulous concept, one that was wholly absent from the ancient Greek and Roman luminaries who ground its canon.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

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