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# window

«window» in Mova's school dictionary: **an opening in a wall or a car with glass, to let in light…** — 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 (window, windows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A window is an opening in a wall or a car with glass, to let in light and air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#m1)

2) A window is one part of a computer screen where a program shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#m2)

3) A shop window shows goods to people outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#m3)

4) A window of time is a short time when something can be done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a thing counted in houses; panes per window; cleaning windows at a rate. In everyday life: opening a window for fresh air, window seats on a plane, window shopping (looking, not buying). Phrases: «look out of the window», «open the window», «window seat», «window shopping».

### examples

- The house has 12 windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x1)
- Each window has 4 panes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x2)
- He cleans 3 windows an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x3)
- How many panes are there in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x4)
- Can I have the window seat on the bus? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x5)
- She looked out of the window at the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x6)
- Close that window on the screen and open the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x7)
- We went window shopping at the mall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x8)
- Exactly at midnight the window opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/window/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a window». «Out of the window» (UK) or «out the window» (US). Maths: counted things; per window is a rate (windows × panes). Safety: young children should not lean out of open windows.

### In the corpora

- [Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/14/)
- [Scene: in Leeds, Nan is at the window with her tea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/8/)
- [Breathe on a cold window and the mist shows that the air you breathe out is warm and wet from inside you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/3/)
- [Birds crash into windows because they see reflected trees and sky, and stickers on the glass break up the reflection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/11/)
- [Think of a tree frog stuck to a window at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/308-frogs-of-the-world-tree-frogs-glass-frogs-flying-frogs-and-the-goliath-frog/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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