plug-in

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pluhg in]
- /plʌg ɪn/
- /plʌɡ ɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pluhg in]
- /plʌg ɪn/

Definitions of plug-in word

adjective plug-in capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor. 1
noun plug-in plug (def 3). 1
noun plug-in jack1 (def 3). 1
noun plug-in a plug-in appliance. 1
noun Technical meaning of plug-in (tool) A file containing data used to alter, enhance, or extend the operation of a parent application program. One of the first uses of this term was in Silicon Beach's SuperPaint application (late 1980s?) for the Macintosh. It had a Plug-ins folder containing different tools and effects. The Netscape Navigator web browser supports plug-ins which display or interpret a particular file format or protocol such as Shockwave, RealAudio, Adobe Systems, Inc. PDF, Corel CMX (vector graphics). The file to be displayed is included in a web page using an EMBED HTML tag. Plug-ins, both commercially and indepently authored, can usually be downloaded for free and are stored locally. Plug-ins come in different versions specific to particular operating systems (Microsoft Windows 3.1, 3.2, and Macintosh are available). Compare applet. 1

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Origin of plug-in

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25; adj., noun use of verb phrase plug in

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Plug-in

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Plug-in

plug-in popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for plug-in

noun plug-in

collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.
component — The components of something are the parts that it is made of.
constituent — A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election.
interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
miter — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.

adjective plug-in

electric — Of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.

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