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Button ˈbʌtn Small Up/Undo Button/Unbutton Sew Shirt Make

Word button
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈbʌtn / NAmE / ˈbʌtn /
Example
  • to do up/undo your buttons
  • to button/unbutton your buttons
  • to sew on a button
  • shirt buttons
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button

(noun)BrE / ˈbʌtn / NAmE / ˈbʌtn /
  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
  2. a small part of a machine that you press to make it work
    • see also push-button
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/push-button_2
    • the play/stop/rewind button
    • Adam pressed a button and waited for the lift.
    • Choose ‘printer’ from the menu and click with the right mouse button.
    • The windows slide down 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.
  4. a badge, especially one with a message printed on it
    • He wore a button saying ‘Life begins at 40!’
  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.

    Extra Examples

    • He carries around an old backpack with peace buttons on it.
    • My coat has lost a button.
    • She hit the alarm button as fast as she could.
    • She wore a ‘Vote Yes’ lapel button.
    • The candidates all distributed campaign buttons and bumper stickers.
    • The remote control allows you to change channel at the touch of a button.
    • The top button of his shirt was undone.
    • There was a button missing from his shirt.
    • They all wore buttons saying ‘Stop the war’.
    • Adam pressed a button and waited for the doors to open.
    • His fingers fumbled to do up/button the small buttons on his shirt.
    • I need to sew this button back on.
    • The windows slide down at the touch of a button.
    • the play/stop/rewind button
    • to button/unbutton your buttons
    • to do up/undo your buttons

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to the verb butt.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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