Portable

Quick meaning: Portable is an adjective meaning Able to be carried or easily moved.

Meaning

Able to be carried or easily moved.

More Meanings

1. Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
2. (computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
3. (computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
4. A portable building used for temporary purposes, particularly:
5. (computing) Clipping of portable computer.
6. (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
7. (obsolete) Bearable, endurable.

Example Sentences

a portable pension plan

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

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

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

Word Forms

• portables

Synonyms for portable

Depending on context, synonyms include bearable, carriable, fieldable, grab-and-go, handcarried, portatile.

Antonyms for portable

Common opposites include anchored, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, lugsome.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include movable, outboard, take-away, takeout, transportable, mobile.

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