wearable

American  

[wair-uh-buhl] / ˈwɛər ə bəl /

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 gadgets embedded in fabric;

   a wearable heart-rate sensor.

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noun

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

   high-fashion wearables.

wearable British  

/ ˈwɛərəbəl /

adjective

1. suitable for wear or able to be worn

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noun

1. (often plural) any garment that can be worn

Other Word Forms

• unwearable adjective
• wearability noun

Etymology

Origin of wearable

First recorded in 1580–90; wear + -able

Example Sentences

"Yet maintaining that dominance is perhaps more uncertain than ever, hinging on the right calls around pricing and developing the next generation of devices, particularly wearables and the anticipated foldable iPhone."

From Barron's

See you in the Oz of robot cars, AI wearables and frothy valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year, Joanna experimented with a similar product, a wearable pin from Plaud, which allows you to record and analyze all of your meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is also slashing its workforce again and closing several content studios as it focuses more heavily on investing in wearables such as smartglasses.

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ve got a real lead on wearables, which we think is going to be the next computing technology that actually brings that personal super-intelligence to bear.”

From The Wall Street Journal