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/ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A robot made to look and act like a human.

  2. 02

    noun

    A mobile operating system developed by Google.

Examples

  • An android is a kind of robot.

  • If something's an android, it's also a robot.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An artificial human.

  2. Possessing human qualities.

  3. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).

More examples

In context

  • The development of applications for Android is possible from today.

  • an android fat distribution

  • Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.