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# technology

«technology» in Mova's school dictionary: **The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (technology — uncountable; a technology, technologies — one kind)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The use of science and knowledge to make useful tools, machines and ways of doing things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#m1)

2) Machines and equipment made this way, especially computers, phones and the internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#m2)

3) (a technology) One particular kind of tool or method, like solar technology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school there are subjects called Design and Technology (D&T) or Digital Technology, where pupils design, build and code. In science and history lessons pupils see how technology changed life: the wheel, printing, steam engines, electricity, computers. In everyday life «technology» often means gadgets and screens. Phrases: «modern technology», «new technology», «information technology (IT)», «digital technology».

### examples

- Technology helps doctors save lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x1)
- Our school has new technology in every classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x2)
- In D&T we designed a bird box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x3)
- Solar technology turns sunlight into electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x4)
- The wheel was an important early technology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x5)
- My grandma is learning to use technology to video-call us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x6)
- Too much screen technology before bed can stop you sleeping well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/technology/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable: «a lot of technology». Countable when meaning kinds: «new technologies». Short forms: «tech» (informal), «IT» (information technology). Adjective: «technological». Technology is not only computers — a pencil and a bridge are technology too.

### In the corpora

- [Yet the same technology was reported to help scientists find new antibiotics.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/5/)
- [Many future jobs will be about making technology fair and safe for people; maths, science, writing and kindness all help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/18/)
- [New meanings often come from technology, jokes, stories and slang, and the old meaning frequently lives on beside the new one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/3/)
- [Lots of older people use technology well; a rule about everyone of one age is a stereotype.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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