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- [hand held]
- /hænd hɛld/
- /hænd held/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hand held]
- /hænd hɛld/
Definitions of hand-held word
- adjective hand-held held in the hand or hands: a handheld torch. 1
- adjective hand-held small enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: a handheld hair drier. 1
- noun hand-held something small enough to be used or operated while held in the hand or hands: She traded in her bulky old movie camera for a handheld. 1
- adjective hand-held A hand-held device such as a camera or a computer is small and light enough to be used while you are holding it. 0
- adjective hand-held Hand-held is also a noun. 0
- adjective hand-held small enough to be held in the hand while being used or operated 0
Information block about the term
Origin of hand-held
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hand-held
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hand-held popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
See also
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