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# smartphone

noun (a smartphone, smartphones)

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

## Everyday

A smartphone is a mobile phone that is also a small computer: it can go online, take photos, play games, use apps and make calls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life, online safety lessons and computing lessons (apps, screen time, passwords); in stories it shows modern life; phrases: on my smartphone, smartphone app, smartphone screen.

### Examples

- Mum checks the bus times on her smartphone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x1)
- A smartphone can take photos and videos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x2)
- My brother is not allowed a smartphone until he is twelve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x3)
- Never share your smartphone passcode with strangers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x4)
- The smartphone battery died halfway through the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x5)
- We used a smartphone app to identify birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x6)
- Too much smartphone time before bed can spoil sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartphone/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a smartphone, two smartphones. Written as one word. People often just say «phone». Uses «a» (a smartphone).

## On Mova

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