Button I ˈbʌtn Small Click Sew Shirt Extra

• to do up/undo your buttons
• to button/unbutton your buttons
• to sew on a button
• shirt buttons

button

1. a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is sewn onto a piece of clothing and used for fastening two parts together
• to do up/undo your buttons
• to button/unbutton your buttons
• to sew on a button
• shirt buttons
• a row of gilt buttons
• One of the buttons on his jacket was missing.

Extra Examples

• My coat has lost a button.
• The top button of his shirt was undone.
• There was a button missing from his shirt.
• His fingers fumbled to do up/button the small buttons on his shirt.
• I need to sew this button back on.
2. a small part of a machine that you press to make it work
• SEE ALSO push-button
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• the start/stop/pause button
• Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift.
• Choose ‘printer’ from the menu and click with the right mouse button.
• She pushed a button on the control panel.
• I hit the play button on the remote.
• The windows slide down at the touch of a button.
• With a push of a button, I can print out everything I need.

Extra Examples

• She hit the alarm button as fast as she could.
• The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button.
3. a small area on a computer screen that you click on to make it do something
• Click on the back button to go back to the previous screen.
• Click the ‘Finish’ button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
• I hit the ‘Reply’ button in the mail toolbar.
4. a badge, especially one with a message printed on it
• He wore a button saying ‘Life begins at 40!’

Extra Examples

• She wore a ‘Vote Yes’ lapel button.
• The candidates all distributed campaign buttons and bumper stickers.
• They all wore buttons saying ‘Stop the war’.
• He carries around an old backpack with peace buttons on it.
5. intelligent and quick to understand
6. at exactly the right time or at the exact time mentioned
• We arrived at 4 o'clock on the button.
7. exactly right
• You're on the button there!
8. to do exactly the right things to please somebody
• a new satirical comedy show that pushes all the right buttons
9. to make somebody react in either a positive or a negative way
• I've known him for years, but I still don't know what pushes his buttons.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to the verb butt.