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# layout

«layout» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way the parts of something are arranged, such as the…** — 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 layout, layouts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A layout is the way the parts of something are arranged, such as the rooms in a house, the streets in a town or the shops in a mall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#m1)

2) A layout is also the way words and pictures are arranged on a page or screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#m2)

3) A keyboard layout is the order of the letters on the keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school it is used for planning posters, newspapers and web pages, for maps and floor plans in maths, and in design and technology. Phrases: page layout, floor layout, keyboard layout.

### examples

- The layout of the new school is easy to follow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x1)
- I changed the layout of my poster so the title is bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x2)
- The museum map shows the layout of every room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x3)
- Most English keyboards use the QWERTY layout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x4)
- The layout of the town is like a grid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x5)
- The magazine has a bright, clear layout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x6)
- We drew a layout of our dream bedroom on squared paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/layout/#x7)

### note

Countable noun: a layout, layouts. It is one word. The verb is two words: «lay out» («Lay out the cards on the table»). Do not write «lay-out».

### In the corpora

- [An author's choice is a decision about words, sentences or layout, made on purpose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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