deport

Other forms of deport

past tense

deported·

present participle

deporting·

third person

deports·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deport

What does deport mean?

deport means "behave in a certain manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deport?

deport has 2 syllables: de-port. The stress falls on "port". In IPA it is /dɪˈpɔɹt/.

What is another word for deport?

Close synonyms include behave, acquit, bear, conduct, comport. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deport a common word?

deport is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deport?

14 words rhyme with deport. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.