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# tech

«tech» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short word for technology, like computers, phones and…** — 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, adjective (tech, techs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tech is a short word for technology, like computers, phones and the internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#m1)

2) A tech is a person who fixes machines or computers (short for technician). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#m2)

3) Tech can describe things using new technology: a tech company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#m3)

4) In old dialect, tech means to touch or to lay a hand on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths a word of the story only (a tech store, a tech worker, prices of gadgets). Everyday: tech support, high-tech, low-tech, tech club. Safety: screen time limits, keep personal details private online.

### examples

- The tech store sold 15 phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x1)
- A tech fixes 6 computers a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x2)
- She bought a tech toy for 20 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x3)
- The tech club has 12 members. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x4)
- Call tech support if the laptop won't start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x5)
- Our school has a new high-tech science lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x6)
- A pencil and paper are low-tech but they always work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x7)
- But dey didn't bodder nobody ner tech nuthin', en bimeby dey put out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tech/#x8)

### note

Informal, short form. No operation clue; look at the numbers and actions around it. Trap: none.

### In the corpora

- [Theo decided he was a tech genius and turned the router off and on forty times in one evening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/12/)
- [Every time had its own exciting tech.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/126-in-the-olden-days/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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