button
part of speech
noun (button, buttons); verb (button, buttons, buttoned, buttoning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A button is a small round thing that holds clothes closed by going through a hole. tree →
2) A button is something you press to make a machine or a screen work. tree →
3) A badge with a pin is also called a button. tree →
4) To button is to close with buttons. tree →
sense in the lessons
small things counted, often per shirt or coat; sorting buttons by holes, size or color makes groups; phrases «press the button», «button up», «belly button», «cute as a button»
examples
- Each shirt has 6 buttons. tree →
- She has 40 buttons in a jar. tree →
- How many buttons for 7 coats? tree →
- He pressed the button 3 times. tree →
- Button up your coat, it's cold. tree →
- Press the red button to stop the machine. tree →
- Sort the buttons by the number of holes. tree →
- Your belly button is in the middle of your tummy. tree →
- Click the button to start the game. tree →
- The puppy is as cute as a button. tree →
- It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new. tree →
note
Buttons per shirt is a rate: total = shirts × buttons each. Trap: sorting buttons by holes or colors makes groups. Safety: small buttons and button batteries must be kept away from babies.
In the corpora
- Grown-ups help with tools: kids profiles, autoplay switched off, safe search, PINs and report buttons.
- If the remote is lost, the power button on the TV itself, or on the wall, switches it off.
- Adverts and videos can be reported with a grown-up using the app's report button.
- A smoke alarm senses tiny smoke particles; test it by pressing its button, never with a flame.
- Sound buttons are dots under the letters, one for each sound; a letter team such as sh gets one button.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «button» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.