wear
verb · noun
Simple meaning
To have or carry on one's person habitually.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
wehrIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈwɛɹ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
Put clothing on one's body
Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
Have or show an appearance of
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
noun
in combination
Clothing.
Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
Fashion.
Dated form of weir.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
Used this way, wear is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use wear
- “She was wearing yellow that day.”verb
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
A person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Turn into the wind.
Turn away from the wind.
Exercise authority or be in charge.
Deteriorate through use or stress.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
Clothing in general.
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Synonyms
Antonyms
Sense: to have or carry on one's person habitually
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