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button

button

730 1.0
A small part you press to make a machine or app do something
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌtən/
translation icon : botón
  • To start the device, simply press the button on the front panel.
  • press the button
  • push the button
  • click the button

Now let's press the button Go yourself.

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Examples

  • So please hit that subscribe button and enjoy.

  • OK, then hit the stop button and go do something else.

  • Click this little button right here to learn more.

  • Now this side when I press this button, there we go.

  • Keep watching this channel, hit the like button and stay on watching.

  • You click the play button, the play button.

  • Oh, I just pushed the button to turn it off.

  • And if you press the subscribe button, does that work?

  • Participants were asked to read the sentences normally and then press a button when they had finished reading.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You have to hit both buttons at the same time, otherwise, it won't operate.

Synonyms

icon
vsbutton
  • Specialized
89 3.9

A small picture on a computer screen used to open a program or file

is the wider term for any small control not only a screen symbol
mouse button
vsbutton
2 2.1

A button on a computer mouse you press to select or open items on the screen

is a general small control pressed or clicked to operate machines or programs
push button
vsbutton
1 1.9

A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator

is a broader small control for machines and equipment and programs

Idioms

1 9.9

To not care at all

Exactly at the right time or moment

7.2

To keep quiet on purpose and not tell others

Exactly correct in time or amount

Compounds

24 1.0

A small round mark on the stomach where the baby was attached before birth

An issue that makes people feel very strongly and leads to angry debate

12 2.8

A button you press to call for help in an emergency

9 3.1

A shirt or collar with the ends fastened by buttons

6 2.9

A small button on a device that returns it to its original settings when you press it

A shirt with collar points that fasten down with buttons

2 2.1

A button on a computer mouse you press to select or open items on the screen

2 1.0

A small round piece sewn to a shirt to hold the front closed

1 1.9

A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator

1 3.0

It works when you press a button

button pusher
  • Offensive
1 5.5

A person who does simple repeated tasks with little skill

A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial

1 4.1

Designers make it very simple so anyone can use it

A small part in the middle of the stomach that sticks out

beg button
  • Informal
9.1

An action that asks people for help or sympathy

button-quail
  • Indian
9.9

A small ground bird like a quail that has no hind toe

A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes

button ad
  • Texting
3.4

A small ad that appears at the bottom of a web page

button fern
  • New Zealand
6.2

A small fern with round leaves that people often grow indoors

An evergreen tree or shrub with small round fruit like buttons and hard wood

A garden plant that grows every year with many small round pink flowers

button quail
  • Indian
9.5

A small ground bird like a quail that lives on grassy plains and has no hind toe

A coarse prickly plant from the United States that lives for many years and has round flower heads

button snakeroot
  • Specialized
9.9

A North American wildflower with small round flower heads on tall spikes

button tree
  • Specialized
9.9

An evergreen tree or bush with small round fruit and very hard wood

A dress with a collar and buttons down the front

A shirt whose collar has buttons that keep it in place

A small round piece that fastens a coat

A tropical plant with bright rose, red, or purple flowers that keep their color when dried

A plant from Europe and Asia that grows each year with bright blue, purple, pink, or white flowers

love button
  • Texting
4.5

A heart icon you tap to show you like or support a post

A button on a toy or device that makes a cat sound when pressed

9.9

A small round part of the peyote cactus that people eat to cause visions

A button in a vehicle you press to make a loud noise to warn others

8.2

A small fern with round buttonlike growths on its leaves that grows in warm, humid places

A small switch that you press with a finger

plug button
  • Specialized
5.0

A small cover that hides screw holes in furniture

9.1

A small ground bird with stripes on its back

A plant that grows in bogs and has spikes of yellow-orange flowers

How Hard

to lever
3 4.9
knob
66 1.4
to switch
123 1.0
button
730 1.0
touch screen
19 2.7

Surface Forms

button singular
buttons plural

Etymology

Button for a device or icon is named by comparison to a small 'knob' or 'bud' from Old French bouton, so a machine or screen button is a small round thing you press to make something happen.