browse

CEFRC1

/bɹaʊz/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look through information or goods casually.

  2. 02

    verb

    To use the internet by visiting different websites.

Examples

  • I use "Yahoo" to browse the internet.

  • I'd like you to quickly browse through these documents.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /bɹæʊz/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.

  2. To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

  3. To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

More examples

In context

  • I had a browse in the old bookshop.

  • I stopped in several bookstores to browse.

  • I'm just browsing around.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

During my lunch break, I like to blank through the bookshop.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English browsen, from Old French brouster, broster (“to nibble off buds, sprouts, and bark; browse”), from brost (“a sprout, shoot, bud”), from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *brust (“shoot, bud”), from Proto-Germanic *brustiz (“bud, shoot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, sprout”). Cognate with Bavarian Bross, Brosst (“a bud”), Old Saxon brustian (“to sprout”). Doublet of brut, breast, and brush.