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# screenshot

«screenshot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or…** — 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 (a screenshot, screenshots); verb (screenshot, screenshots, screenshotted, screenshotting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#m1)

2) To screenshot is to take that picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons, pupils take screenshots to show their work or the steps of a task. In online safety lessons, children learn that anything they send can be screenshotted and shared, so it may never go away; they also learn to screenshot unkind messages to show a trusted adult. Phrases: «take a screenshot», «send a screenshot».

### examples

- I took a screenshot of my high score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x1)
- Press these two buttons to take a screenshot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x2)
- Put a screenshot of your graph in your project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x3)
- Anyone can screenshot a message you send. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x4)
- Screenshot the mean message and show a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x5)
- He sent me a screenshot of the map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x6)
- The screenshot shows the error on the screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x7)
- Think before you post, because people can take screenshots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x8)

### note

Countable: a screenshot, screenshots. It is one word. Past form is usually «screenshotted» or people say «took a screenshot». Online safety: a deleted message may still exist as someone's screenshot.

### In the corpora

- [The internet also makes things that look real but are not: AI videos, fake screenshots, forum posts with no name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/7/)
- [Screenshots of messages can be faked in seconds, and private messages are private even if they are real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/17/)
- [Vivid example: in Wellington, your big brother is about to screenshot his mate's private message and send it to the group.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/3/)
- [Private messages are private; screenshotting and sharing them breaks a friend's trust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/17/)
- [Anything on a video call can be screenshotted or recorded and shared.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/129-video-calls-and-visiting-friends/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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