computer screen
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2.1
- noun
- /kəmˈpjuːtər skriːn/
:
pantalla
- He adjusted the brightness settings on his computer screen to reduce eye strain.
- look at the computer screen
- read from the computer screen
- appear on the computer screen
So I'm sitting in front of my big iMac computer screen video conferencing with my boss.
- So I'm sitting in front of my big iMac computer screen video conferencing with my boss.
- So I'm having a very hard time wearing contacts, driving, looking into computer screens, just generally being in daylight.
- I have them all working from home, spending most days in front of the same computer screen.
- Sticky notes on your actual computer screen.
- Like I, I have never, I have never sat down and just started writing on a computer screen.
- You might, on a metal level, find yourself unable to tear yourself away from the computer screen or from your phone for any sustained period of time.
- It's safe in this with my computer screen and myself and my own being.
- If there's a robotic duck, then it's a computer screen, walking and talking like a duck.
- I only have to wear them when I'm looking at computer screens and and stuff.
- By their words on a, on, on a computer screen, for God's sakes.
Examples
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So I'm sitting in front of my big iMac computer screen video conferencing with my boss.
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Remy watches as file names start to appear on the computer screen. INT.
Fiction book (1995) -
For example, first of all, take your TV or your computer screen out of your kitchen.
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I push numbers around on a computer screen.
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We're looking at a computer screen.
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"Sure." John looked at his computer screen and called up the first story in question.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the present study, the sentence was available on the computer screen throughout the trial.
Academic text (2011) -
Students can easily print the material if reading from the computer screen proves to be a problem.
Academic text (1999) -
The path taken by the subject was displayed on the computer screen by the TRACKER software.
Academic text (1992) -
Layout flaws, they claim, are more easily spotted on paper than on a computer screen.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat surface that shows images or videos
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2.5
A screen on a device that shows pictures and words
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3.3
A screen that shows pictures from a computer
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2.7
A screen that shows the images and information from a computer
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3.4
A screen that shows text, photos, or moving pictures
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3.6
An electronic screen that shows numbers or letters
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2.5
A screen that shows pictures and text from a computer
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a screen used for displaying the output from a computer' is directly and compositionally derived from 'computer' (the device) + 'screen' (a display). This is a transparent noun–noun compound following a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Computer screen is a simple name that joins computer (the machine that does the work) and screen (the flat surface that shows pictures and words). So it literally means 'a screen that shows what a computer is doing', which is why we use it for the display that shows a computer's images and text.