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WINDOWS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Windows" is a kind of...):
operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb window
Context examples:
They hold the whole castle, for I see their faces at the windows.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The lovers were standing together at one of the windows.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was a moonlight night, and about one o'clock Flo and I were waked by the most delicious music under our windows.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
This is because in many rooms, windows are positioned halfway up the wall, and when they are opened, the warm air near the ceiling can’t easily escape.
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
Microsoft reportedly has released security patches for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)
There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut but they’re clean.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She had changed her position; and, with her eyes fixed intently on one of the windows, was listening to her uncle in the utmost perturbation and dismay.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The sign was newly painted; the windows had neat red curtains; the floor was cleanly sanded.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
On examining my dwelling, I found that one of the windows of the cottage had formerly occupied a part of it, but the panes had been filled up with wood.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
