Noun a comfortable cabin with a deep berth He has a starting berth on the all-star team. Verb The ship was berthed at this pier. The ship berthed at this pier.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jones isn’t in the playoffs, which means nobody earned an automatic berth to the next round with a win. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022 Jones isn’t in the playoffs, which means nobody earned an automatic berth to the next round with a win. Dave Skretta, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 Following the 2021 Series, a three-year rotation was established between Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Panama that would give two teams an automatic berth while having one compete through its regional tournament. Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 For all the conjecture about the lack of offensive explosiveness, only thumb surgery kept him from an All-Star berth and possible All-NBA nod. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2022 Bonuses remaining the same are one month’s salary for winning the Pac-12 regular season title and an NCAA tournament berth, and $15,000 each for winning the regional and super regional.oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2022 After finishing 19-12 overall 2021-2022 and earning a NCAA Tournament berth, the Seawolves received 74 points in voting by the league’s head coaches. Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022 The winner of the tournament gets a spot at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, while the second- and third-place finishers will go to a playoff for Concacaf's second automatic berth. Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022 At the same time, the Giants (64-68, .485) bedeviled Philadelphia’s chase for a wild-card berth by sweeping the Phillies in three games when Wilmer Flores hit a two-out, two-run home run Sunday for a 5-3 win. John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
Verb
So, visibility to a container on land moving by rail or truck matters more than visibility to when a ship will berth. Steve Banker, Forbes, 17 May 2022 Smaller tankers could berth alongside it to access its oil.The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 Another tanker could berth next to the ship and—while pumping inert gas into the Safer’s oil tanks—suck out its Marib crude.The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 Despite intervention from the United Nations to approve the clearance of 14 vessels, the tankers were not able to berth. Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2021 The Marina has the capacity to berth around 19 vessels, with a maximum length of 328 feet, providing state-of-the-art pontoons. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021 The firm is not facing problems berthing vessels, and the force majeure was due to fall in demand because of virus outbreak.Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020 Many countries have become increasingly reluctant to grant entry to cruise ships after the infection of more than 700 people on a vessel berthed off Japan showed how quickly the virus could spread. Jason Scott, Bloomberg.com, 10 Apr. 2020 Sources at the Port of San Francisco say other cruise lines that have suspended operations during the coronavirus pandemic are in talks with the port about berthing their luxury liners here. Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 18 Mar. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English birth, probably from beren to bear + -th