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wearable

[ wair-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing:

    old shoes that are still wearable.

  2. Digital Technology. relating to or noting a computer or advanced electronic device that is incorporated into an accessory worn on the body or an item of clothing: wearable computer, wearable technology.

    wearable gadgets embedded in fabric;

    a wearable heart-rate sensor.



noun

  1. Usually wearables. something that may be worn or carried on the body, as an item of clothing:

    high-fashion wearables.

wearable

/ ˈwɛərəbəl /

adjective

  1. suitable for wear or able to be worn


noun

  1. often plural any garment that can be worn

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Derived Forms

  • ˌwearaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • un·weara·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wearable1

First recorded in 1580–90; wear + -able

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Example Sentences

Available at Amazon Lumo Lift, $100 In the race to make the perfect wearable, the Lumo Lift stands out.

Available at Neiman Marcus Rialto Jeans, $245  These jeans are truly wearable art.

The Oculus Rift is a wearable headset that goes over the eyes like a clunky pair of scuba goggles.

“When we started 10 years ago, no one had heard of wearable tech,” says Genz.

That seems to be the secret to creating a successful, desirable, and wearable device.

Her cunning fingers had mended the rents in his uniform, which had been dried and put into a passably wearable condition.

But beyond a casual wonder if the garment would eventually be wearable, cut from so mangled a pattern, she had no real care.

Before we had washed them, they had been very, very dirty, it is true; but they were just wearable.

In Tipperary they call the old-fashioned wig 'Dwyer's wearable.'

These consisted of thin cotton things for the summer, and, when wearable, were of considerable use.

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