portable.
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Meaning & usage
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
a portable pension plan
Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
Bearable, endurable.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
A portable building used for temporary purposes Clipping of portable toilet.
A portable building used for temporary purposes A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
Clipping of portable computer.
A hand-held video gaming device.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
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