cursor

CEFRB1

/ˈkɜːsə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A movable mark showing where text or an action will appear on a screen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A moving icon or other representation, of the position of the pointing device.

Examples

  • My cat likes to chase the mouse cursor.

  • Mary moved her cursor.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.

  2. A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.

  3. A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.

More examples

In context

  • Tom moved his cursor.

  • The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

He moved the blank across the screen to click on the icon.

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

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.