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Meanings of berth in English

Portuguese
posição
Catalan
posició
Spanish
puesto

A job in an organization.

posição
Portuguese
atracadouro

A place where a craft can be made fast.

atracadouro
Portuguese
liteira
Catalan
llitera

A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers.

liteira
Spanish
atracar
Catalan
atracar

Come into or dock at a wharf.

atracar
Usage of berth in English
1
General manager Jeff Berding acknowledges that potential berth weighs into future decisions.
The Guardian
2
It is in the beckets, just inside the door of my berth.
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
3
The professor was provided with a good berth in the second cabin.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
Without a way to leave, the ship could tie up a berth.
Reuters
5
The least he named was the berth of master of the mint.
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
6
Photograph: Caroline Eden We made our way to our second-class, four-berth compartment.
The Guardian
7
Even the most boisterous young bucks generally gave Butler a wide berth.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
8
About daylight, the Sylvania anchored in the berth she had occupied before.
Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
9
The Perth team controlled the second half to secure a quarter-final berth.
BBC
10
Joe Strong turned over in his berth in the circus sleeping car.
Joe Strong, the Boy Fish; or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank
11
The job of edging her into her berth took about fifteen minutes.
The new yorker
12
But Mun Bun was not in the berth with Russ and Laddie.
Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's
13
John Hazel a passage in the small berth abreast the main hatches.
Foul Play
14
Kit had a berth assigned him in one of the circus cars.
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
15
The contractor entered, and saw the bearded man lying in his berth.
Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel; Or, The Hidden City of the Andes
16
However, the Raptors clinched a playoff berth with the Chicago Bulls losing.
Reuters
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Common
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Common
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Common
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