- an opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc., usually covered with glass, that allows light and air to come in and people to see out; the glass in a window
- out of the window She looked out of the window.
- through the window He saw her through the rear window of the car.
- to open/close the window
- the bedroom/kitchen/car window
- a broken window
- The burglars smashed a window to get in.
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1- All the windows blew out with the force of the blast.
- All the windows in the prison are barred.
- He was standing at the window waiting for us.
- How does the window open?
- I rolled down the window to ask for directions.
- I sat by the window to get some air.
- It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out of the window.
- No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house.
- She gazed out of the window at the falling snow.
- The windows all steam up when you have a shower.
- The windows glinted in the sunlight.
- The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her.
- The windows rattle when a train goes past.
- There was a vase of flowers in the window.
- There was evidence that the window had been forced.
- They threw a brick through the window.
- We caught sight of him in the window as we passed.
- a studio with windows looking out on the park
- Keep all doors and windows closed.
- a stained glass window
- There was a view of the sky through open windows.
- She could see a field of sunflowers just outside her window.
- The flat has windows onto streets on two sides.
- A bullet shattered the window to her room.
- We get our windows cleaned every two months.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- gaze out (of)
- glance out (of)
- look out (of)
- …
- close
- open
- break
- …
- frame
- ledge
- pane
- …
- at the window
- by the window
- in the window
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- (also shop window)the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public
- in the window I saw the dress I wanted in the window.
- a window display
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1- I found her looking in the window of a department store.
- There was a sign in the window advertising for staff.
- a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side
- There was a long line of people at the box-office window.
- We tapped on the window to get their attention.
- The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.
- (computing) an area within a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown
- to create/open a window
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersb1- Click on the window to make it active.
- If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered.
- When you click on a link, a separate browser window opens for the new page.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- active
- pop-up
- browser
- …
- open
- close
- minimize
- …
- pop up
- [singular] window on/into something a way of seeing and learning about something
- Television is a sort of window on the world.
- It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live.
- a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long
- We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known.
- Do you have a window next Monday?
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.
Idioms
See window in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee window in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishfly/go out (of) the window
- (informal) to stop existing; to disappear completely
- As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.
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