portable

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Able to be carried or easily moved.

2. 2

   Able to be transferred from one organization to another.

   • a portable pension plan
   • Even though Houston’s moment was already fading by the late 2000s, the city’s hip-hop culture proved to be endlessly portable and disseminatable.
3. 3

   Of software

   Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

   • How do Java and C# create cross-platform, portable programs, and why can't C++ do the same?
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   1. 4

      Of a program

      Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.

      • Starting with release 1.7, a portable version allows all Host Attachment Kit commands to be run without installing the Host Attachment Kit.
   2. 5

      Bearable, endurable.

      • How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, / When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow.
   3. 6

      A portable building used for temporary purposes

   4. 7

      Clipping of portable computer.

      • A few portables, particularly the small laphelds, go one step further and come with software built into the computer.
      • Compaq portables have grown lighter and more powerful since then. Their newest luggable, the Compaq Portable III, is six times more powerful and 10 pounds lighter than the original model.
   5. 8

      A hand-held video gaming device.

The neighborhood

• synonymbearable
• synonymcarriable
• synonymfieldable
• synonymgrab-and-go
• synonymhandcarried
• synonymportable
• synonymportatile
• synonymportative
• synonymshiftable
• synonymtotable
• synonymtransportable
• synonymbathroomfacility for urination and defecation
• antonymanchored
• antonymfixed
• antonymimmobile
• antonymimmotile
• antonymimmovable
• antonymlugsome
• antonymnonportable
• antonympermanent
• antonymstationary
• antonymunportable
• neighborhand-held
• neighbortransportable
• neighborcollapsible
• neighborfoldable
• neighborfoldout
• neighborfold-up
• neighborloose
• neighborpocket
• neighborpocket-size
• neighborpocket-sized
• neighbormove
• neighbormovable