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cursor

cursor

16 3.0
A movable mark on a computer screen that shows where you will type or click
  • noun
  • /ˈkɜːrsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cursor
  • When he opened the document, a blinking cursor appeared in the middle of the page, ready for him to type.
  • move the cursor
  • position the cursor
  • cursor control

The one you have the cursor on down right there.

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Examples

  • Maximal co-contraction will position the cursor at the top right corner of the graph.

    Academic text (1990)

  • For more fun, place your cursor on the graph and right-click.

    Academic text (2013)

  • So that means that you want your cursor to be to the left of where this low point is.

  • A "sticky note" is created, and the cursor is prepared to enter text.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Click on the File menu, hold down the mouse button, and move your cursor to New, then to the right.

    Academic text (2011)

  • If the points are not exactly positioned, move the cursor to each point and relocate as necessary.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I clicked on appropriate sites and used the cursor to scroll up and down pages.

    Academic text (2012)

  • "Are you ready?" She moved the cursor to a button that said "Reveal" and clicked.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Most can magnify all screen items, including the mouse pointer, text cursor, icons, buttons, and title bars.

    Academic text (1997)

  • To select the text, move the cursor to the beginning of the sentence and click the mouse.

Synonyms

pointer
vscursor
  • Specialized
29 4.2

A small arrow or icon on the screen that you move with a mouse

shows where text or commands will occur rather than being mouse driven

Compounds

Cursorius cursor
  • Specialized
9.9

A pale desert bird that runs fast to catch insects

How Visible

hourglass
20 4.1
spinning wheel
  • Specialized
1 4.2
cursor
  • Specialized
16 3.0

Surface Forms

cursor singular
cursors plural

Etymology

The word cursor comes from the Latin root curr- which means 'to run' and once meant a 'runner', the same root you see in course. Think of the cursor as a small 'runner' on your screen that moves to show where the next action or text will go, and that's why we use this name.