Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
to wear a helmet

to wear a helmet

16 1.5
To put on a strong hat to protect your head
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : llevar casco
  • Always wear a helmet.
  • You should always wear a helmet
  • Youth wore a helmet

Would you have worn a helmet then if they knew about it back then?

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Alarmingly, only 37.7% of the respondents reported they always wear a helmet when they ride a bicycle.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Furthermore, adults should be strongly encouraged to wear a helmet every time they bicycle.

    Academic text (2012)

  • You should wear a helmet.

    Tammy (2014)

  • How often do you wear a helmet?

    Academic text (2012)

  • Yeah, remind me to wear a helmet next time.

    Rogue Saints (2012)

  • When you ride a bicycle, how often do you wear a helmet?

    Academic text (2012)

  • You should always wear a helmet when riding a bicycle.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • This is why you should always wear a helmet and knee pads, because you never know when you're gonna fall down and go boom.

    Nick of Time (1995)

  • Under Florida law, bicyclists under 16 years of age must wear a helmet when bicycling.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Always wear a helmet when riding your bike to stay safe.

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

Surface Forms

wear a helmet infinitive

Morphology

wear + a + helmet

The meaning 'to put on and use a protective covering for the head' is directly and compositionally derived from the verb 'wear' combined with the noun 'helmet'; the article 'a' is grammatical and does not affect meaning. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common verb + object construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Wear a helmet creates a simple picture of putting a hard hat or helmet on your head so it does not get hurt by falls or hits. So, it means 'to put on and use something that keeps your head safe'.