noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
laser pointer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hip
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Right guard Kevin Gogan had a hip pointer and back spasms.
practical
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Here to get you started are a few ... Practical pointers and handy hints 1 Think about your class and year group.
useful
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At rest male's yellow wings and in flight white underwing contrasting strongly with black belly are useful pointers .
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No wing-bar a useful pointer in flight.
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Spotting rather than barring on tail is a useful pointer , as is contrast between heavily spotted underwing and pale wing tips.
■ NOUN
mouse
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This is done by clicking the mouse pointer either on the top right-hand upward pointing arrow or the extreme top left-hand dash.
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In essence, this makes the mouse pointer disappear disconcertingly when the pointer is moved on the pad.
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The screen tip will appear at the mouse pointer later when you hold your mouse over the image.
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Simply clicking on the Koopa with the mouse pointer before he gets away will trip him up.
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Position the mouse pointer within either window area and click.
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The text is entered directly from the keyboard having first selected its position between the staves with the mouse pointer .
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The mouse pointer can be used to place the text cursor anywhere on the document and also to activate menus and commands.
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Does the mouse pointer still work even if the keyboard doesn't?
■ VERB
give
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Each node is given a pointer to its parent.
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I gave him some pointers on his stance and swing.
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That may give us a pointer to one approach.
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But we gave him one pointer , too.
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I shall give pointers to these, which readers' own experience and understanding can fill out.
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But I think we may have given them too many pointers .
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Even so, he does not give any pointers to the Club's originators.
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I can give you a few pointers on that too!
move
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Exiting edit menus Move the pointer to a blank area of the screen and press fire twice in quick succession.
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The technique is the same: move a pointer over the map with one hand and dowse with the other.
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Arrange Friendly - Move the pointer to the home team and press fire, then same again for the away team.
use
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You use the pointer to access the variable itself.
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In order to apply this method to large-scale problems, we must find the tree T B using the pointers available.
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The thumb on the right hand is used as a pointer to the other fingers on the same hand.
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Other computer based variations on the basic concept use a mouse-driven pointer to select key areas of an image.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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General Peckam swung his pointer across the map of Italy.
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Move the pointer to the program's icon and double click.
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Players win the amount of money shown by the pointer when the wheel stops moving.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each node comprises information about which letter is allowed as well as pointers to child and sister nodes.
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I believe that they provide one pointer , indicating a certain essential role for quantum mechanics in the understanding of mental phenomena.
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I gave him some pointers on his stance and swing.
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The pointer also serves as an instant screen blanker.
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The file pointer is incremented after the byte has been written.