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Get to know Portsea better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.

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Portsea meaning

  1. An urban area in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, named after Portsea Island (OS grid ref SU6300).
  2. A town on the sea near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Using Portsea

  • The main meaning on this page is: An urban area in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, named after Portsea Island (OS grid ref SU6300). | A town on the sea near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • In the example corpus, portsea often appears in combinations such as: portsea island, of portsea.

Context around Portsea

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

includes 1×

Often after:

island 3× improvement 1×

Sentence patterns with Portsea

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

1820 the portsea improvement commissioners 1× and from portsea island was 1× end of portsea island at 1× west of portsea island and 1× which includes portsea and sorrento 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in 1820 the 1× mornington peninsula which 1× the east end 1× the ferry service 1× the sheltered portsmouth 1×

Common sentence endings:

three years later 1× to limited resources 1× to the east 1× was originally built 1× with 49 cases 1×

Words around Portsea

Just before it in the word index:

portsdown 5 ports 1.707 portrush 14 portronics 2 portree 15 portreath 3

Just after it in the word index:

portside 13 portslade 7 portsmouth 467 portsoy 6 portstewart 6 portstoronto 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Portsea

  • In this selection, "portsea" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, includes, island and improvement stand out and add context to how "portsea" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1820 the portsea improvement commissioners and and from portsea island was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portsea" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portsea

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

Mornington Peninsula, which includes Portsea and Sorrento, recorded the fourth-highest infection rate in Victoria with 49 cases. (18 words)

In 1820 the Portsea Improvement Commissioners installed gas street lighting throughout the town, with Old Portsmouth receiving them three years later. (21 words)

The sheltered Portsmouth Harbour lies to the west of Portsea Island and the large tidal bay of Langstone Harbour is to the east. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The east end of Portsea Island at Eastney emerged as an early alternative, but was rejected because of parking problems and the distance from the dockyard where she was originally built. (31 words)

The ferry service to and from Portsea Island was subsidised by the local authorities, leaving it under constant threat of closure due to limited resources. (25 words)

The sheltered Portsmouth Harbour lies to the west of Portsea Island and the large tidal bay of Langstone Harbour is to the east. (23 words)

Example sentences (5)

Mornington Peninsula, which includes Portsea and Sorrento, recorded the fourth-highest infection rate in Victoria with 49 cases.

In 1820 the Portsea Improvement Commissioners installed gas street lighting throughout the town, with Old Portsmouth receiving them three years later.

The east end of Portsea Island at Eastney emerged as an early alternative, but was rejected because of parking problems and the distance from the dockyard where she was originally built.

The ferry service to and from Portsea Island was subsidised by the local authorities, leaving it under constant threat of closure due to limited resources.

The sheltered Portsmouth Harbour lies to the west of Portsea Island and the large tidal bay of Langstone Harbour is to the east.

Common combinations with portsea

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portsea" in a sentence?
An example: "Mornington Peninsula, which includes Portsea and Sorrento, recorded the fourth-highest infection rate in Victoria with 49 cases." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "portsea" from authentic English texts.
What does "portsea" mean?
Portsea means: An urban area in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, named after Portsea Island (OS grid ref SU6300).
How many example sentences with "portsea" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "portsea", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.