cursor
/ˈkɜːsə/US/ˈkɜɹsəɹ/
cursor noun: a part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
Noun
cursor (plural cursors)
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- Besides, the Reader must know, if a Brazen graduated Semi-Circle were hung on the Poles here, with an erected moveable Pin, or Cursor on it, there would be no need of the Holes[…]in each Parallel of the Globe, for the true Composing of it[…]1679, Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine; Joseph Moxon, The English globe being a stabil and immobil one, performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more, page 150
- A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
- Synonyms:
- pointer
- An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- Synonyms:
- caret
- A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- Synonyms:
- iterator pattern
Verb
cursor (third-person singular simple present cursors, present participle cursoring, simple past and past participle cursored)
- To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
- The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.1990 May 28, InfoWorld, volume 12, number 22
cursor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cursor in Hindi
- कर्सर
cursor in Tamil
- நிலை காட்டி, திரைக்குறி, திரைச்சுட்டி
cursor in Marathi
- कर्सर, कर्सर करण्यासाठी, कर्सर करणे
cursor in Urdu
- کرسر
More languagesFewer languages
- cursor in Bengali
- দ্রুত জিনিস
- cursor in Telugu
- కర్సర్, కర్సర్ చేయడానికి
- cursor in Malayalam
- കർസർ, കഴ്സർ, കർസർ ചെയ്യാൻ
- cursor in Kannada
- ಕಡ್ಡಿ, ಬಡಿಗೆ, ಜರಗುಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಜರುಗುಪಟ್ಟಿ
- cursor in Punjabi
- ਕਰਸਰ, ਕਰੱਸਰ, ਕਰਜ਼ਰ
- cursor in Gujarati
- કર્સર, કર્સર કરવા માટે, કર્સર કરવા
- cursor in Odia
- କର୍ସର, କର୍ସର୍, କର୍ସର କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- cursor in Nepali
- कर्सर, कर्सर गर्न, कर्सरमा
- cursor in Arabic
- مُؤَشِّر muʔaššir
- cursor in Vietnamese
- con trỏ, con nháy
Examples of cursor in a sentence
- First of all, a cursor is assumed to be read-only if it is not deleteable.
- To unanchor the cell cursor so that you can move it into position for selecting another range, press Shift+F8.
- In the prior examples the only indication that something was draggable was the cursor change on mouse hover.
Synonyms of cursor
Forms of cursor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cursors |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cursour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cursors |
| present participle | cursoring |
| past participle | cursored |
| past | cursored |
Origin of cursor
Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Words formed from cursor
Phrases with cursor
Words that rhyme with cursor
Questions about cursor
- What does cursor mean?
- Cursor means a part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- What is cursor in Hindi?
- Cursor in Hindi is कर्सर. See Cursor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cursor?
- Cursor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cursor?
- Cursor is pronounced /ˈkɜːsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cursor?
- The plural of cursor is cursors.
Words near cursor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cursor (page history and authors); cursor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cursor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cursor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cursor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cursor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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