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# computer

«computer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine that stores information and follows…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (computer, computers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A computer is a machine that stores information and follows instructions to help us write, count, draw, play, send messages and look things up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#m1)

2) Laptops, tablets and even phones are kinds of computers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a thing counted in a classroom, bought at a price, or a machine used for some time; «pupils per computer» is a sharing (division). In school: the computer room, computing lessons, typing and coding. In science: computers work very fast but only do what their program tells them. Safety: keep passwords secret and tell an adult if something online upsets you. Phrases: on the computer, computer game, computer program, turn on the computer.

### examples

- The class has 12 computers for 24 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x1)
- A computer costs 400 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x2)
- She used the computer for 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x3)
- How many children share each computer? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x4)
- We write stories on the computer at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x5)
- Turn off the computer when you are finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x6)
- The computer saves your work every few minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x7)
- He played a computer game after his homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x8)
- A computer follows the steps of a program. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/#x9)

### note

Countable: a computer, two computers. Say «on the computer» (working on it), «at the computer» (sitting there). A counted item or a price; «pupils per computer» is a sharing (division). No clue by itself. A computer is not always right: it can only use what it is given.

### In the corpora

- [The answer is worked out on huge computers far away, in buildings called data centres; nobody is typing it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/5/)
- [Chatbots run on giant computers in data centres; the words appearing one by one is just how the answer is shown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/16/)
- [Running chatbots in data centres uses a lot of electricity, and cooling the computers often uses water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/13/)
- [Computers are fast at sums and storing facts but weak at common sense, such as knowing when a joke hurts someone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/15/)
- [People designed AI, collected its text, built its computers and trained it, so people are responsible for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «computer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/computer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.