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Boatlift meaning

  1. The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
  2. Alternative form of boat lift (“mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another”).

Using Boatlift

  • The main meaning on this page is: The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people. | Alternative form of boat lift (“mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another”).

Context around Boatlift

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mariel 1×

Sentence patterns with Boatlift

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ended the boatlift 1× the mariel boatlift of 1980 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in the fall 1× the claim evokes 1×

Common sentence endings:

boatlift of 1980 1× ended the boatlift 1×

Words around Boatlift

Just before it in the word index:

boating 280 boaties 2 boatie 2 boathouses 3 boathouse 49 boath 2

Just after it in the word index:

boatload 35 boatloads 4 boatman 21 boatmen 11 boatnik 2 boatphone 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Boatlift

  • In this selection, "boatlift" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mariel stand out and add context to how "boatlift" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ended the boatlift and the mariel boatlift of 1980. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "boatlift" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with boatlift

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In the fall of 1980, Castro ended the boatlift. (9 words)

The claim evokes elements of a mass exodus that occurred more than 40 years ago in Cuba, Ms. Mittelstadt noted: the Mariel boatlift of 1980. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

The claim evokes elements of a mass exodus that occurred more than 40 years ago in Cuba, Ms. Mittelstadt noted: the Mariel boatlift of 1980. (25 words)

In the fall of 1980, Castro ended the boatlift. (9 words)

Example sentences (2)

In the fall of 1980, Castro ended the boatlift.

The claim evokes elements of a mass exodus that occurred more than 40 years ago in Cuba, Ms. Mittelstadt noted: the Mariel boatlift of 1980.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "boatlift" in a sentence?
An example: "In the fall of 1980, Castro ended the boatlift." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "boatlift" from authentic English texts.
What does "boatlift" mean?
Boatlift means: The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
How many example sentences with "boatlift" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "boatlift", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.