Wheelchair Meaning
/ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
nounDesigned for use by wheelchairbound people.
Sentence Examples
They developed a special computer system and fixed it to his wheelchair.
Woman in a wheelchair holes up in supermarket.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The paraplegic athlete, who cannot use his legs, competed in a racing ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The building has been modified to ensure that it is fully accessible to people who use a several ____ today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train.""
— 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 9:
"To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell."
— 2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair”, in The Daily Dot:
"Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves."
— 1991, Gosta Blennow, Jaak Jaeken, Lars Martin Wiklund, “Neurological Findings in the Carbohydrate-deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome”, in Acta Paediatrica, volume 80, number s375, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 14–20:
"People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers"
— 1996 May 14, “'Human Race'raises fundsfor charit”, in BYU Daily Universe:
"They strolled, ran, walked and wheelchaired the track."
— 1996 June 2, “3,000 JOIN SPIRITED WALK TO HELP RAISE FUNDS IN FIGHT WITH CANCER”, in scholar.lib.vt.edu:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The paraplegic athlete, who cannot use his legs, competed in a racing ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The building has been modified to ensure that it is fully accessible to people who use a several ____ today.