window
- noun
- /ˈwɪndoʊ/
- If you want to compare images, you can open each one in a separate window.
- open a window
- output window
What did expanding that window out look like?
- What did expanding that window out look like?
- I just need to click window and it's going to be this one.
- So close all the tabs, close all the windows, turn off the apps.
- Then wait, wait, wait with a new window, new window.
Examples
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What evidence does the display window give about fashion, fads, or trends?
Academic text (1999) -
To improve the scheduling of instructions that are near window boundaries, the windows are overlapped.
Academic text (1994) -
So the main window is the first one I got done.
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Let's clear the window and launch the command.
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Would you like me to open a window?
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Mind if I close the window?
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This is a subset, a small window in your screen.
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So close all the tabs, close all the windows, turn off the apps.
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Your tablet slash laptop doesn't have a window, does it?
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To send the file, please open a new window and drag the document into it.
Synonyms
A small window on screen that shows options or settings
A part of a web page that shows separate content and can scroll on its own
A small window that suddenly appears on your computer screen
A small window that appears on a computer screen to show information or ads
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
An idea or hope that is suddenly ignored and can no longer happen
- Informal
A joking remark to someone who stands in the way and blocks the view
Compounds
A window made of small colored glass pieces that makes colored light, often in churches
A large fixed window made of one big piece of glass that gives a clear view outside
- Informal
An action that makes something look better than it really is to hide problems
A large round window with colored glass and stone patterns like a flower, often in cathedrals
A small device attached to a window that keeps it closed and stops people opening it
A window that sticks out from a wall in a gentle curve to give more light and space
- Specialized
A small opening in the inner ear wall that leads to the part that senses sound
- Specialized
A window that sticks out from an upper wall, sits on a bracket, and does not reach the ground
- Specialized
A small membrane-covered opening in the middle ear that passes vibrations from the ear bone to the inner ear
- UK
An online page, like a shop website or social media, that shows products to attract customers
How Big
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Window for a computer screen comes from the real window idea. A computer window is a framed 'opening' on the screen that shows information or another place, just like a real window lets you look out.