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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈweəɹəbl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]wearable (comparative more wearable, superlative most wearable)
- Able to be worn.
- (fashion) Clothing that is suitable for wear by ordinary people, or in ordinary circumstances, as opposed to being unusual, uncomfortable, or otherwise difficult to wear.
- 2022, Daniel Delis Hill, History of World Dress and Fashion, 2nd edition[1], page 669:
- American designers...provided collection after collection of wearable fashions with a simplicity of silhouette that fitted the criteria of dressing for success.
- 2019 March 27, Jessica Iredale, “When Did "Wearable" Become a Dirty Word in Fashion?”, in Town and Country[2]:
- When Did "Wearable" Become a Dirty Word in Fashion? In a style climate dominated by attention-grabbing influencers, some designers are making the case for clothes that—gasp—people actually want to wear.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “able to be worn in ordinary circumstances”): unwearable
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]able to be worn
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Noun
[edit]wearable (plural wearables)
- Something that can be worn; an item of clothing.
- (computing) Ellipsis of wearable computer (“small computer which can be worn on the body”).
- 2015 February 10, Mark Curtis, “Wearables, hearables and nearables won't dethrone smartphones”, in The Guardian[3]:
- With the advantage of being glanceable, wearables are already making inroads into the smartphone’s territory. Smart watches, for example, offer quick and light interactions such as providing real-time snapshots of weather, travel and stock market information and notifying the wearer of new messages through a vibration on the skin.
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- (computing): fitness tracker, heart rate monitor, smartwatch
Translations
[edit]computer worn on the body
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Further reading
[edit]- Wearable computer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]wearable m (plural wearables)
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