wear

CEFRA1

/wɛə/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To have clothing, jewelry, or something else on your body.

  2. 02

    verb

    To become damaged through continued use.

Examples

  • Wear clothes that provide adequate protection against the wind and rain.

  • Young people wear their hair long these days.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /weː/
  • /wiə/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To have on:

  2. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.

  3. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.

More examples

In context

  • What size shoes do you wear?

  • He's wearing some nice pants today.

  • She wore her medals with pride.

Synonyms

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In extremely cold weather, people usually blank warm coats to stay comfortable.

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Origin

verb

Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-). Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).