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port·a·ble
 portable
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- pronunciation:
- por
t
bl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
easy to carry or move.
We brought a portable radio to the picnic.- synonyms:
- transportable
- similar words:
- compact
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(adj.)portable
+ noun
appliance,
application,
battery,
bench,
camera,
cart,
cassette,
cell,
circular,
communication,
computer,
container,
crib,
deck,
desk,
device,
disc,
disk,
document,
drill,
drive,
equipment,
fax,
file,
filter,
gas,
gear,
grill,
instrument,
keyboard,
kit,
lamp,
lap,
machine,
meter,
monitor,
music,
oven,
oxygen,
pack,
pension,
phone,
platform,
pump,
radio,
ramp,
restroom,
saw,
screen,
set,
shelter,
shower,
stand,
stereo,
storage,
stove,
supply,
system,
tank,
tape,
telephone,
television,
tent,
toilet,
tool,
trailer,
unit,
vacuum,
version,
wheelchair
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| derivations: |
portably (adv.), portability (n.) |
The word portable
contains the following parts:
port
Latin
root
that means carry
  Example words:
-able, -ible, -ble
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means capable of being, doing, or undergoing
More about this word part:
The suffix -able
, and its variants, is attached to Latin verb roots or English transitive verbs to form adjectives. (In a small set of cases, -able
is attached to a noun, e.g. knowledgeable and marriageable.) For spelling purposes, it is useful to know that -able
is more likely to be added to a whole English word (comparable, adorable), while -ible
is more likely to follow a bound root (visible
, legible). However,there are still many words which combine a root with -able
(capable
, inevitable). The suffix -ity can be added to any adjective ending in -able
, -ible
, -ble
to produce a corresponding noun ending in -ability, -ibility, -bility (possible
+ -ity > possibility; irrevocable + -ity > irrevocability.)
Example words:
acceptable, capable, eligible, flammable, flexible, impossible, invisible, portable, possible, sensible, visible, reliable
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