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slide

slide

45 2.4
A single image or page in a presentation
  • noun
  • /slaɪd/
translation icon : diapositiva
  • In our presentation, the last slide highlighted the key findings clearly.
  • PowerPoint slides
  • a slide presentation
  • a slide show

Let's look at your first slide or your first hand out.

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Examples

  • This is a very famous slide by Ray Kurzweil.

  • And I think this this slide shows what's going on here.

  • So that is our final slide from from this week's class.

  • This is the next slide and these are beautiful things.

  • The next slide that I have is of...

  • Try to keep the comments over each slide to about nine or ten seconds.

    Academic text (1999)
  • OK, for the last slide, we do have a voice prompt.

  • And I think this is the summary slide heading both ways.

  • And finally, on the final slide, some tips for engaging with us.

  • Finally, after what seems like hours, a slide of the painting flashes on the screen.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

lantern slide
vsslide
  • Archaic
7.9

A small glass picture in a frame that you show on a screen with a projector

is a general single presentation image or page often digital not physical

Idioms

Lose earlier progress quickly and go back to a worse situation

Compounds

slide rule
  • Archaic
5 8.5

A long thin tool with sliding scales that people use to do quick math before calculators

slide projector
  • Archaic
3 3.2

A machine that shows a small photo on a screen so it looks larger

microscope slide
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A small flat piece of glass that holds a thin sample for a microscope

slide fastener
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A set of two strips with teeth and a moving piece that closes jackets or bags

lantern slide
  • Archaic
7.9

A small glass picture in a frame that you show on a screen with a projector

A small decorative clip that holds hair in place

A smooth sloping surface at a playground for children to go down

sewer slide
  • Informal
9.9

A waterslide that is old, unsafe and dirty

slide action
  • Specialized
8.1

A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot

A metal bar you move to lock a door or gate

A small portable tool with sliding parts for quick calculations or finding information

slide valve
  • Specialized
7.7

A device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas by sliding over an opening

How Detailed

slide
45 2.4

Surface Forms

slide singular
slides plural

Etymology

Slide for a picture or page in a presentation comes from small photographic frames that you would 'slide' into a projector, so each image became known as a 'slide'. That's why we still call one page of a presentation a slide.