I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
portable media player
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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An even more portable computer is produced by Fujitsu Persona.
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The first mechanical clocks were large and unwieldy, and there was soon a desire for smaller and more portable mechanisms.
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Maybe Rocktron should offer two options: the full road case or the smaller, more portable inner flightcase.
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Perhaps he could exchange it for something more portable .
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The new version is said to be faster and more portable than previous implementations.
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The translation to a more portable programming language is also important for compatibility with the other modules of the recognition system.
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Pen-based computers are not only easier to use - they can also be more portable than standard key-board-based machines.
■ NOUN
computer
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An even more portable computer is produced by Fujitsu Persona.
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Project team members will rent hotel conference rooms for the duration of the project, working on portable computers and call-forwarding.
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Grid Computers are the first company to produce a specially designed pen notebook portable computer.
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Is your portable computer your favorite traveling companion?
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It's always difficult to come to a conclusion about portable computers because people buy them for different reasons.
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It can even be a cubicle with a phone and a desk upon which you can rest your portable computer .
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Tree physiology and dendrochronology are just two of the possible applications for portable computer tomography.
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We will have a portable computer down there election night to count the ballots.
phone
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The handset looked like an ordinary portable phone , with numbered buttons for dialling.
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They cheered when Peter's wife threw his incessantly chirruping portable phone out of the window.
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He had his portable phone in a tote-bag if Johnson wanted to call him.
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Each man had a portable phone on the table beside him.
radio
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From the kitchen Jenny's portable radio began to play a selection of brass-band music.
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Del Mar is buying extra portable radios for emergency workers.
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Zhang proudly demonstrated his portable radio to us, and said that he would even be buying a bicycle soon.
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He lived alone in a log cabin beside the lake, his only company a portable radio and television.
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Military uses include controlling small missiles and portable radios .
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There was a crackling noise from Doug's portable radio .
telephone
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Inside was a portable telephone with a difference.
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Diana had accidentally overheard her husband talking on a portable telephone while having a bath.
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He held his portable telephone like a shield, it proved his power and superiority.
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They stole a portable telephone worth £248, £50 worth of cigarettes and cash totalling £170.
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There was a portable telephone on the seat.
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Three portable telephones were available for contacting clients.
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The gesture belongs to another age, to those pre-recession days of Porsches. portable telephones and Paisley braces.
television
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You may want to install a few luxuries like a portable television , radio / cassette player or a telephone extension.
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They took a portable television from the vehicle.
toilet
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There were portable toilets at the Super Bowl at Stanford in 1985, which was a sellout.
typewriter
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He sat at a large desk covered with papers, journals, medical books, a portable typewriter pushed to one end.
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Joe sat down at his portable typewriter and pecked out the words as Wallace and Vincent collaborated in dictating the message.
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You may find you are expected to use a portable typewriter .
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My baby-blue Smith-Corona portable typewriter .
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I also carried a small portable typewriter , only slightly younger than I was.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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portable toilets
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a portable phone
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Greenaway still writes his novels on an old portable typewriter.
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There's a portable CD player in the kitchen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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District maintenance workers yanked out the seats and replaced them with portable chairs.
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From the kitchen Jenny's portable radio began to play a selection of brass-band music.
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However, portable water filters provide another simple alternative.
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Install a shower seat or use a portable one.
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Of course, for the homeless, they are portable .
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One version of the Am586 chip will incorporate special features for portable computers.
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Software reliability guru C. K. Cho admonished the industrialist not to think of software as a product but as a portable factory.
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There is even a portable unit for home use by people who are too busy to come to the Centre.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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You don't need a big TV, why don't you just get a portable ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As if to bear this out, there's been a flood of portables announced recently.
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But for pure vanity, the D-777 is the sleekest, kind-of-now portable on the market.
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He has six office typewriters and eight portables.
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The D-777 is so slim, says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.
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There will also probably be a strong emphasis on chips for portables with battery life being the driving factor in microprocessor design.