Sweater Meaning
/ˈswɛtə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
nounA similar garment worn for warmth.
Sentence Examples
As the day got cooler, I had to put on a sweater.
Mary was wearing a black sweater when I met her.
She wore jeans and a sweater.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a warm ____ over her shirt to protect against the cold wind.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a warm wool ____ to keep herself comfortable during the cold and snowy winter afternoon today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater"
— 1997, “Autumn Sweater”, in I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, performed by Yo La Tengo:
"The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater."
— 2007, John T. James, A Sea of Broken Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous Profit-Driven Health Care System, →ISBN, page 29:
"We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims."
— 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 3:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She wore a warm ____ over her shirt to protect against the cold wind.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a warm wool ____ to keep herself comfortable during the cold and snowy winter afternoon today.