word processor
11
3.0
- noun
- /wɜrd ˈprɔsɛsər/
- Specialized
:
procesador de textos
- One advantage of a word processor is that you can easily format your text.
- use a word processor
- word processor to write
Two years later, Mona Lisa OverDrive comes out and only then does he start using a word processor.
- Two years later, Mona Lisa OverDrive comes out and only then does he start using a word processor.
- But I, I do it when I do a shopping list, I do it on the computer on a word processor, right?
- We think differently because of this word processor working in a certain way than we used to think when we had typewriters.
- So saying things like, oh, well, word processors are like using typewriters that you can go back and change, fix mistakes with.
- That's the best they can do for mundane software, word processor, text software.
- I would type the letters like a word processor.
- So in Matterhouse there was a room that had a word processor in it.
- Oh, with the, with the computer, the word processor or whatever you call it, or, you know, on my lap.
Examples
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Meet your new word processor and layout assistant.
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Jan had a temporary position in a legal office, typing endless briefs into a word processor.
Fiction book (1995) -
In most cases, the tools are similar to a word processor.
Academic text (2007) -
As I type those lines onto my word processor screen, I remember the joy of that moment.
Fiction book (1999) -
You could create word processor files, save them, load them.
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Peter Straub said that writing on a word processor felt like the future.
Academic text (2016) -
If students are expected to write regularly on word processors, they need to learn basic typing skills.
Academic text (1993) -
Comments can be marked directly in the text, as with a track-changes feature of a word processor.
Academic text (2006) -
Travis sits typing away at a word processor as Athena, in tears, gives testimony.
Fiction book (1996) -
Firstly, let's look at Google Docs, a tried and trusted cloud word processor, spreadsheet, presentations and drawing package.
Synonyms
A computer program that helps you write, edit, and print documents
How Feature-Rich
- Specialized
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3.7
- Specialized
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3.0
- Specialized
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2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a program that enables users to write and edit text' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'word' (text unit) with 'processor' (something that processes). This is a regular noun+noun compound found across many languages (e.g., Spanish 'procesador de textos'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Word processor comes from the idea of a tool that 'processes' words, like a processor that works on text. Early electronic machines and simple programs helped people 'write', 'edit', and 'format' documents, so the name now means the program or device we use to create and change text.