Browser Meaning
/ˈbɹaʊ.zə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who or which browses.
nounOne who or which browses., A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.
Sentence Examples
I am playing a browser game.
Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser.
What do you use as your default browser?
CEFR Practice Quiz
To search the internet, you must first open a web ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Which web ____ do you prefer to use when you are searching on the net?.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English browse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English browser From browse + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Giraffe have a long, muscular tongue, which aids in gathering leaves into the mouth; and the dentition is typical of browsers."
— 1988, R. Norman Owen-Smith, Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14:
"While still in the mood for antique bartering, The Emerald City on the South End section of Dartmouth St. has expanded just in time for browsers and buyers. Allow some time here as it's a poke-and-find shop of 1800's pictures and prints, turn-of-the-century kitchen ware, and some very unusual furnishings and lamps."
— 1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 11:
"A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser."
— [1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):
"The real strengthof AR browsers is their discoverability. Today, browsers have most of the attention and it's amazing how many people have yet to experience a browser for themselves. Browsers are incredibly useful ways to discover information about places and objects around you."
— 2011, Lester Madden, Professional Augmented Reality Browsers for Smartphones: Programming for junaio, Layar and Wikitude, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 10:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To search the internet, you must first open a web ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Which web ____ do you prefer to use when you are searching on the net?.