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# dashboard

noun (a dashboard, dashboards)

«dashboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dashboard is the panel at the front of a car, under the windscreen, with the speedometer, dials, lights and controls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#m1)
2. (computing) A dashboard is a screen on a computer or app that shows the most important information at a glance, often with charts and numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#m2)
3. (history) On an old horse-drawn carriage, a dashboard was a board at the front to stop mud splashing the driver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is the front of the car; children may be told not to put feet on the dashboard. In computing and maths lessons, a dashboard shows data like scores, weather or website visits in graphs. It tells the reader where information is shown. Phrases: «on the dashboard», «a warning light on the dashboard».

### Examples

- Mum checked the speed on the dashboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x1)
- A red light came on on the dashboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x2)
- Don't put your feet on the dashboard! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x3)
- The satnav is stuck to the dashboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x4)
- Our class dashboard shows how many books we have read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x5)
- The weather app has a dashboard with temperature and wind speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x6)
- The teacher's dashboard shows who has finished the quiz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a dashboard, dashboards. Also called «dash» informally: «on the dash». In the UK people also say «fascia» for the car part. In safety: never sit with feet on the dashboard, because the airbag comes out of it in a crash.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dashboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dashboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dashboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dashboard.html) on Mova free.