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# portable

«portable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Light and small enough to be carried or moved easily: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (portable); noun (a portable, portables)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Light and small enough to be carried or moved easily: «a portable speaker». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#m1)

2) (noun) A portable thing, like a portable TV or computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#m2)

3) (noun, Canada, US) A temporary classroom building in a school yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: portable chargers, speakers, toilets, heaters. In Canadian and some US schools, «portables» are extra classrooms. In science and design technology: making something portable means making it light and compact. Phrases: «portable charger», «portable speaker», «portable toilet».

### examples

- Take the portable speaker to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x1)
- My phone died, so I used a portable charger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x2)
- Our class has lessons in the portable behind the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x3)
- The campsite had portable toilets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x4)
- Laptops are portable computers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x5)
- This heater is portable, so you can move it from room to room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/#x6)

### note

Spelling: «-able». Opposite: fixed, stationary. Noun: portability. From Latin «portare», to carry (like «porter», «transport»).

### In the corpora

- [A portable heater must be kept away from curtains and bedding and never covered, or it can start a fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «portable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/portable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.