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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x1)
- Close the laptop before you carry it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x2)
- Keep your drink away from the laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x3)
- My laptop battery is low; I need to charge it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x4)
- Dad works on his laptop at the kitchen table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x5)
- Each table shared one laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x6)
- Don't leave a laptop on your bed or lap for long — it gets hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x7)
- Log out of the school laptop when you finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laptop/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/12/)
- [Some accidents get worse the longer they are hidden, like a spill inside a laptop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/15/)
- [Zara plays on an old, slow laptop, so her squad picked games that run fine on old computers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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