drop-down menu
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈdrɑpˌdaʊn ˈmɛnju/
- Specialized
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menú desplegable
- You can set search parameters in the dialog box that opens when you click on the drop-down menu arrow.
After placing your order, select podcast in the survey and select our show in the drop down menu that follows.
- After placing your order, select podcast in the survey and select our show in the drop down menu that follows.
Examples
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His website also includes an extensive drop-down menu of his inventory.
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In the "Custom Privacy" prompt that appears, you will see a drop-down menu next to "These people."
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I think the Drop-Down Menu is a good solution. Do you have any better ideas?
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After placing your order, select podcast in the survey and select our show in the drop down menu that follows.
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Go to the "settings" portion of your account, in the drop-down menu under your page name, like this:
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A category of metadata can then be chosen from the drop-down menu on the left; see Figure 3.
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Select "Specified Steps" from the Spacing drop-down menu, enter 15 in the white box, and click OK.
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From the "Edit settings" prompt that appears on your screen, use the drop-down menu to choose "Customize."
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Toolbars, task panes, and drop-down menus are everyday examples of the choice-rich environment confronting users.
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To print your document, select the desired page layout from the drop-down menu in the toolbar.
Synonyms
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1.2
A list of commands on a computer screen that you can choose
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3.9
A list of choices that appears below when you click it
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3.7
A menu that shows a list of choices when you click it
A list of options on the screen you click to do tasks
A box on the screen that lets you pick a file or colour
How Complex
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3.9
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3.2
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1.2
730
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
drop-down + menu
The term is compositionally transparent: 'drop-down' literally describes something that 'drops down' and 'menu' is a list of options, so a learner who knows 'drop', 'down', and 'menu' can infer a list that appears below a selection. The motion-based modifier and its use in interfaces are common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the overall meaning directly derivable.
Etymology
Drop-down menu gets its name from the picture of a list that drops down from a menu on the screen. When you click, the 'options' appear below so you can 'choose' one.