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adjective

portable

CEFR C1

easily or conveniently transported

In a sentence

Six example sentences with portable, each labelled with its topic.

  • The whole studio is portable now: two lights, a folding backdrop, and a battery pack fit in one roller case.

    Photography

  • Her portable keyboard folds in half and rides in a backpack, so she can rehearse in hotel rooms between shows.

    Music

  • A portable water filter weighs less than an apple and lets hikers refill from streams without carrying four extra liters.

    Travel

  • The first portable computer weighed eleven kilograms and had a screen the size of a postcard.

    Technology

  • A portable ultrasound the size of a phone lets the rural nurse check a heartbeat without sending anyone to the city.

    Medicine

  • The field team carries a portable spectrometer, so rock samples are identified on the ridge instead of weeks later.

    Science

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