Portable Meaning
/ˈpɔː(ɹ)təbəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to be carried or easily moved.
adjAble to be transferred from one organization to another.
Sentence Examples
I learned about your portable copier at the Tokyo-Office '97 Expo.
Tom doesn't want an iPad. He wants a portable device that supports Flash.
Tom watched a movie on a portable DVD player.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small music player is ____, so you can take it anywhere.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She bought a ____ speaker so she could listen to music anywhere without needing a power outlet.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable."
— 2015 August 9, Jon Caramanica, “Pimp C in a Journalist’s Back Pages”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2021:
"How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?"
— 2012, Herbert Schildt, C++: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, page 6:
"Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit."
— 2014, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruce Allworth, Desire Brival, IBM XIV Storage System: Host Attachment and Interoperability, page 10:
"How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, / When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow."
— c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi], signature [G4], verso:
"Christianity consists in a blessed exchange of yokes between Christ and a pious soul. He takes our uneasy yoke, and gives his easy yoke: the soul puts upon him that unsupportable yoke of transgressions, and takes from him the portable yoke of his commandments."
— a. 1654, Hugh Binning, “Sermon VIII. Matt[hew] xi. 29.—Take my yoke upon you, &c.”, in James Cochrane, editor, The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning: […] (Select Library of Scottish Divines: […]; III), volume III, Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co. […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 244:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small music player is ____, so you can take it anywhere.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She bought a ____ speaker so she could listen to music anywhere without needing a power outlet.