laptop

«laptop» in Mova's school dictionary: A small computer that you can carry, with a screen and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a laptop, laptops)

meaning for a pupil

A small computer that you can carry, with a screen and keyboard joined together that fold shut. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, pupils use laptops for research, typing and coding; online safety rules apply: keep passwords secret, only use websites the teacher allows, and tell an adult if something online upsets you. In everyday life, laptops run on a battery that needs charging; keep drinks away and carry them closed. Phrases: «laptop computer», «on the laptop», «charge the laptop».

examples

• We used laptops in class to research volcanoes. tree →
• Close the laptop before you carry it. tree →
• Keep your drink away from the laptop. tree →
• My laptop battery is low; I need to charge it. tree →
• Dad works on his laptop at the kitchen table. tree →
• Each table shared one laptop. tree →
• Don't leave a laptop on your bed or lap for long — it gets hot. tree →
• Log out of the school laptop when you finish. tree →

note

Countable; one word. A laptop is portable; a «desktop» computer stays on a desk; a «tablet» has a touch screen and usually no keyboard.

In the corpora

• Keep strong magnets away from phones, laptops and bank cards; they can wipe card strips and damage some devices.
• Some accidents get worse the longer they are hidden, like a spill inside a laptop.
• Zara plays on an old, slow laptop, so her squad picked games that run fine on old computers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «laptop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.