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# screenshot

noun (a screenshot, screenshots); verb (screenshot, screenshots, screenshotted, screenshotting)

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

## Everyday

1. A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#m1)
2. To screenshot is to take that picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#m2)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons, pupils take screenshots to show their work or the steps of a task. In online safety lessons, children learn that anything they send can be screenshotted and shared, so it may never go away; they also learn to screenshot unkind messages to show a trusted adult. Phrases: «take a screenshot», «send a screenshot».

### Examples

- I took a screenshot of my high score. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x1)
- Press these two buttons to take a screenshot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x2)
- Put a screenshot of your graph in your project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x3)
- Anyone can screenshot a message you send. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x4)
- Screenshot the mean message and show a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x5)
- He sent me a screenshot of the map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x6)
- The screenshot shows the error on the screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x7)
- Think before you post, because people can take screenshots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screenshot/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a screenshot, screenshots. It is one word. Past form is usually «screenshotted» or people say «took a screenshot». Online safety: a deleted message may still exist as someone's screenshot.

## On Mova

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