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por·ta·ble

(pôr′tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Carried or moved with ease: a portable typewriter; a portable generator.

2. Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.

3. Computers Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.

4. Obsolete Bearable; endurable.

Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin portābilis, from Latin portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

por′ta·bil′i·ty, por′ta·ble·ness n.

por′ta·bly adv.

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portable

(ˈpɔːtəbəl)

adj

1. able to be carried or moved easily, esp by hand

2. (Computer Science) (of software, files, etc) able to be transferred from one type of computer system to another

3. archaic able to be endured; bearable

an article designed to be readily carried by hand, such as a television, speakers, etc

[C14: from Late Latin portābilis, from Latin portāre to carry]

ˌportaˈbility n

ˈportably adv

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port•a•ble

(ˈpɔr tə bəl, ˈpoʊr-)

adj.

1. capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.

2. easily carried or conveyed by hand: a portable typewriter.

3. (of data, software, etc.) able to be used on different computer systems.

4. capable of being transferred, as pension benefits, from one employer's plan to that of another.

5. Obs. endurable.

6. something that is portable, esp. as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin portābilis. See port⁵, -able]

port′a•bly, adv.

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Noun	1.	portable - a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried typewriter - hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
Adj.	1.	portable - easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set" unportable - not portable; not easily moved or transported
	2.	portable - of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; "a portable outboard motor" outboard - located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging"

portable

adjective light, compact, convenient, handy, lightweight, manageable, movable, easily carried, portative There was a portable television behind the bar.

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Translations

قابِل للحَمْل او النَّقْلمَحْمُول

přenosný

bærbartransportabel

kannettava

prenosiv

flytjanlegur

portatile trasferibile trasportabile calcolatore portatile computer portatile

持ち運びできる

휴대형의

nešiojamasisportatyvus

portatīvs, pārnēsājams

draagbaar

bærbarbæsj-and-carrybrakkeportabel

przenośny

portátil

портативный

prenosen

bärbar

หิ้วได้

taşınabilir portatif

xách tay

轻便的便携的手提式携带的

portable

[ˈpɔːtəbl]

A. ADJ → portátil

B. N → máquina f/televisor m portátil

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portable

[ˈpɔː^rtəb^əl] adj [television, computer] → portable

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portable

adj

computer, sound system → tragbar; generator, toilets → tragbar, mobil; medical equipment → tragbar, transportierbar, mobil; easily portable → leicht zu tragen; portable radio → Kofferradio nt; portable television → Portable nt, → tragbarer Fernseher; portable (tele)phone → Mobiltelefon nt

pension → übertragbar; (Comput) software → portierbar (spec); language → übertragbar

n (computer, TV) → Portable nt; → tragbarer Computer

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portable

[ˈpɔːtəbl] adj → portatile

portable

(ˈpoːtəbl) adjective

able to be carried, or moved easily from place to place. a portable radio.

portable computer noun

portable

→ مَحْمُول přenosný bærbar tragbar φορητός portátil kannettava portable prenosiv portatile 持ち運びできる 휴대형의 draagbaar bærbar przenośny portátil портативный bärbar หิ้วได้ taşınabilir xách tay 轻便的

portable

a. movible, portátil.

portable

adj portátil

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A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.

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They may not be worth much, but, after all, they're property and portable. It don't signify to you with your brilliant look-out, but as to myself, my guidingstar always is, "Get hold of portable property"."

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Let us suppose," he continued, folding his table-napkin into a graceful festoon, "that this represents what is perhaps the necessity of this Age--the Active Tourist's Portable Bath.

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All their remaining stock of provisions consisted of forty pounds of Indian corn, twenty pounds of grease, about five pounds of portable soup, and a sufficient quantity of dried meat to allow each man a pittance of five pounds and a quarter, to be reserved for emergencies.

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"The devil!" said Michel; "one would want a portable crane.

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"Time enough for that," she said, "when Mick's gone"; and so she packed his travelling valise ready for the march, brushed his cloak, his cap, and other warlike habiliments, set them out in order for him; and stowed away in the cloak pockets a light package of portable refreshments, and a wicker-covered flask or pocket-pistol, containing near a pint of a remarkably sound Cognac brandy, of which she and the Major approved very much; and as soon as the hands of the "repayther" pointed to half-past one, and its interior arrangements (it had a tone quite equal to a cathaydral, its fair owner considered) knelled forth that fatal hour, Mrs.

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But the great advantage of the coracle it certainly possessed, for it was exceedingly light and portable.

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Alcohol, which, from its portable qualities, containing the greatest quantity of fiery spirit in the smallest compass, is the only liquor carried across the mountains, is the inflammatory beverage at these carousals, and is dealt out to the trappers at four dollars a pint.

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We wondered what had become of the wretch, and made a hurried investigation amongst our portable property.

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I tore off the cover, and disclosed an elegant and portable edition of 'Marmion.'