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# gadget

«gadget» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small, clever machine or tool that does a useful job: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gadget, gadgets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small, clever machine or tool that does a useful job: a kitchen gadget. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#m1)

2) (informal) Any small electronic device, like a phone or tablet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life homes are full of gadgets — can openers, phones, smart watches; in science and design lessons pupils invent gadgets; in stories spies use secret gadgets. Phrases: «a handy gadget», «the latest gadget», «kitchen gadgets».

### examples

- This gadget peels apples in seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x1)
- Dad loves new gadgets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x2)
- The spy had a gadget hidden in his pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x3)
- We built a gadget to water the plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x4)
- Put away your gadgets at dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x5)
- A gadget costs $15; three cost $45. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gadget/#x6)

### note

Countable. Informal-ish; a related word is «gizmo» (slang). Spelling: d-g-e-t.

### In the corpora

- [Not everything people do is about you; a doorbell camera is a common gadget, not an insult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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