Get to know Wheelchair better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like chair.
Wheelchair meaning
- A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
- Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
Synonyms of Wheelchair
Using Wheelchair
- The main meaning on this page is: A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person. | Designed for use by wheelchairbound people. | Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
- Useful related words include: chair.
- In the example corpus, wheelchair often appears in combinations such as: in wheelchair, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair users.
Context around Wheelchair
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wheelchair
- In this selection, "wheelchair" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, swimming, competitive, lacked, basketball, rugby and users stand out and add context to how "wheelchair" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accessible and wheelchair friendly ramp and as a wheelchair for her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wheelchair" sits close to words such as coroner, estonia and footprint, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wheelchair
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Isabella became Ms. Wheelchair Ohio 2019 with a platform of spreading awareness to wheelchair sports and athletes. (17 words)
Wheelchair tennis can be played by able-bodied players as well as people who require a wheelchair for mobility. (19 words)
A Montreal man who uses a wheelchair to get around claims he is being discriminated against due to his modified wheelchair. (21 words)
It is possible for a doubles team to consist of a wheelchair player and an able-bodied player (referred to as "one-up, one-down"), or for a wheelchair player to play against an able-bodied player. (37 words)
The Games will be the first to feature alpine skiing, nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling, but it will also host indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball events as it has previously. (36 words)
If their wheelchair is not up to transport safety standards, West Vale Mobility can provide a wheelchair for the duration of the journey, with enough space to carry their personal mobility chair in the back. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Games will be the first to feature alpine skiing, nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling, but it will also host indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball events as it has previously.
According to the Sutherland Productions the documentary will show how Hedges’ commitment to wheelchair basketball has been supported by his hometown, leading the athlete to become a nationally competitive wheelchair basketball player.
Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds was forced to climb out of his wheelchair and onto a debate stage Monday Feb. 13 because the venue lacked wheelchair access.
There’s a fully accessible and wheelchair-friendly ramp and slide, as well as a trampoline that can easily be accessed from a wheelchair - something I've not seen anywhere else.
Wheelchair services at airports are extremely helpful for those with limited mobility, but a wheelchair is not the solution for other kinds of disabilities.
If their wheelchair is not up to transport safety standards, West Vale Mobility can provide a wheelchair for the duration of the journey, with enough space to carry their personal mobility chair in the back.
IIT Madras, on Mar.20, launched India’s most customizable electric standing wheelchair, which has been developed indigenously for the benefit of wheelchair users.
A Montreal man who uses a wheelchair to get around claims he is being discriminated against due to his modified wheelchair.
Because vehicular crashes can be extremely violent, there was pressure for wheelchair manufacturers and wheelchair restraint system designers to meet high crash standards.
Isabella became Ms. Wheelchair Ohio 2019 with a platform of spreading awareness to wheelchair sports and athletes.
Redding, a mother of one, plans on using her winnings to purchase a wheelchair-accessible home as well as a wheelchair for her granddaughter.
The wheelchair is of particular value to the owner, Dalton Campbell, because it’s specially designed for Paralympic-calibre wheelchair basketball.
Contemporary maps have marked stations offering step-free access suitable for wheelchair users with a blue circle containing a wheelchair symbol in white.
It is possible for a doubles team to consist of a wheelchair player and an able-bodied player (referred to as "one-up, one-down"), or for a wheelchair player to play against an able-bodied player.
There is no classification point system dictating who can play inline sledge hockey, unlike the situation with other team sports such as wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.
Wheelchair tennis can be played by able-bodied players as well as people who require a wheelchair for mobility.
A County Tyrone-born runner has helped set a new world record for the fastest marathon run while pushing a wheelchair.
Activities include indoor sports such as pickleball or wheelchair basketball that can be played on an indoor court, as well as ice rink sports such as sled hockey.
After eventually making it from the aircraft, he claims the paramedics who aided him in his rescue then dragged him to his waiting wheelchair.
After John Pratt saw smoke billowing out of the doors and windows of the property next door and saw his wheelchair-bound neighbour surrounded by flames, he knew he had to take quick action.
Common combinations with wheelchair
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in wheelchair 34×
- wheelchair basketball 17×
- wheelchair users 16×
- the wheelchair 12×
- his wheelchair 11×
- to wheelchair 10×
- and wheelchair 9×
- for wheelchair 9×
- wheelchair and 8×
- wheelchair for 8×