laptop

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UK /ˈlæp.tɒp/ US /ˈlæp.tɑp/

noun 1adj 1

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ADJ.

asleep, better, close, good, last, light, mobile, open

I closed my laptop and went to bed after working all evening.

VERB + LAPTOP

buy, falling, keeps, opened, put, switch

She opened her laptop and checked her emails before breakfast.

LAPTOP + NOUN

battery, computer, linux, machine, pc, portables, son

I need to charge my laptop battery before the meeting this afternoon.

PREP.

on, on, than, up, with, with, without

I spent the whole afternoon working on my laptop at the coffee shop.

ADV.

already, such

I had already closed my laptop when the power cut happened.

Definitions

noun

A laptop computer.

He was playing Minecraft on his laptop.

Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.

adj

Designed for use on a lap.

At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer.

Otherwise, the keyboard feel and layout are good for a laptop machine but, as with most portables, I wouldn’t want to use the T1000 to write the entire great American novel—just a chapter or two at a time.

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He was playing Minecraft on his laptop.

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Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.

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Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London

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At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer.

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Nestled snugly into a cattle-class seat aboard a 737, you drop your tray table and open your laptop PC.

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