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# keyboard

«keyboard» in Mova's school dictionary: **the set of keys with letters, numbers and symbols that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a keyboard, keyboards); verb (keyboard, keyboarding — to type, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A keyboard is the set of keys with letters, numbers and symbols that you press to type into a computer, tablet or phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#m1)

2) A keyboard is the row of black and white keys on a piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#m2)

3) A keyboard is an electronic musical instrument with piano keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons, pupils learn keyboard skills: home keys, the space bar, shift for capitals, enter and backspace; most English keyboards use the QWERTY layout. In music lessons, pupils play tunes on a keyboard. Phrases: keyboard shortcut, type on the keyboard, play the keyboard, on-screen keyboard.

### examples

- Type your name using the keyboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x1)
- Press the space bar to put a space between words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x2)
- Hold down shift to make a capital letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x3)
- I am learning to play the keyboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x4)
- The piano keyboard has black and white keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x5)
- The keyboard shortcut to copy is Ctrl and C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x6)
- Keep drinks away from the keyboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keyboard/#x7)

### note

Countable: keyboards. One word. Most keyboards in English-speaking countries are QWERTY, named after the first six letters on the top row. A piano keyboard and a typing keyboard both have «keys».

### In the corpora

- [Phone keyboards and chatbots predict which words are most likely to come next.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/8/)
- [Neighbours need rest and quiet too; many electric keyboards have a headphone socket for quiet practice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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