Button
noun
A small round fastener on clothes.
She buttoned her shirt before stepping out.
Often appears as...
- button a shirt
- lose a button
noun
A knob on a device controlling a machine.
Press the red button to start the machine.
Often appears as...
- press a button
- button control
noun
An icon on a computer screen to activate a function.
Click the 'save' button to store your changes.
Often appears as...
- click a button
- save button
verb
To fasten something with buttons.
He buttoned his coat as he walked out the door.
Often appears as...
- button up
- button down
noun
A disk that you wear to show support for a person or a cause.
She wore a button showing her support for the candidate.
Often appears as...
- wear a button
- campaign button
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A small round fastener on clothes.
She buttoned her shirt before stepping out.
Often appears as...
- button a shirt
- lose a button
noun
A knob on a device controlling a machine.
Press the red button to start the machine.
Often appears as...
- press a button
- button control
noun
An icon on a computer screen to activate a function.
Click the 'save' button to store your changes.
Often appears as...
- click a button
- save button
verb
To fasten something with buttons.
He buttoned his coat as he walked out the door.
Often appears as...
- button up
- button down
noun
A disk that you wear to show support for a person or a cause.
She wore a button showing her support for the candidate.
Often appears as...
- wear a button
- campaign button
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Fastening Sequence
When dressing, buttons typically fasten from bottom to top to avoid misalignment.
Start buttoning your shirt from the bottom.
Pro Tip 2/2Missing Button
A missing button indicates casualness or sloppiness in many cultures.
His missing button made the shirt look untidy.
Pro Tip 1/2Fastening Sequence
When dressing, buttons typically fasten from bottom to top to avoid misalignment.
Start buttoning your shirt from the bottom.
Pro Tip 2/2Missing Button
A missing button indicates casualness or sloppiness in many cultures.
His missing button made the shirt look untidy.
Pro Tip 1/2Fastening Sequence
When dressing, buttons typically fasten from bottom to top to avoid misalignment.
Start buttoning your shirt from the bottom.
Pro Tip 2/2Missing Button
A missing button indicates casualness or sloppiness in many cultures.
His missing button made the shirt look untidy.
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Inside the Dark World of...
that social media plays. The sheer number of people now not only posting their travel experiences, but consuming others' travel experiences means that these things are spread in an instant with the click of a button. But the issue with wildlife tourism is most people have absolutely no idea
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Accessible fart machines...
the button on that remote-control car to get it to zoom around the room if she wanted to she is prevented from an activity that we often don't think about in terms of accessibility play the secret about the whole thing was that if somebody in her life knew how to easily
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How the button changed...
There's either a dome button with a little shank, or there's just this sort of round thing with either a rim or not a rim, either two holes or four holes. Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole. And the way you figure that out
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What causes antibiotic...
even inside you. Don't reach for the panic button just yet. Although you have 10 times more bacterial cells inside you than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity.
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
know i've always said don't bet the form of dogecoin uh fyi yeah but i i think i think it's it's i like dogs and i like memes and uh it's got both of those but just on the on the edit button how how do you get around the problem of so
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Hans Zimmer And...
the bass button and you just say you take what you want to take I'm go yet but what about anyway and quite often those favorite bits are hidden and we keep very quiet bizarrely enough in a funny way I was trying to be respectful
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How stress affects your...
High levels of cortisol can also cause you to put on those extra calories as visceral or deep belly fat. This type of fat doesn't just make it harder to button your pants. It is an organ that actively releases hormones
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How to practice...
Meanwhile, another little girl tried everything she could think of until she slid the red button, the cute doggie popped out, and she squealed with delight. three toddlers with identical plastic toys,
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
you hadn't discovered yet that you were just naturally great at? Mmm. Have you ever broken something in real life, and then found yourself looking for an "undo" button in real life?
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The history of the Cuban...
It's not hard to imagine a world where at any given moment, you and everyone you know could be wiped out without warning at the push of a button.
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Inside the Dark World of...
that social media plays. The sheer number of people now not only posting their travel experiences, but consuming others' travel experiences means that these things are spread in an instant with the click of a button. But the issue with wildlife tourism is most people have absolutely no idea
Video examples
Accessible fart machines...
the button on that remote-control car to get it to zoom around the room if she wanted to she is prevented from an activity that we often don't think about in terms of accessibility play the secret about the whole thing was that if somebody in her life knew how to easily
Video examples
How the button changed...
There's either a dome button with a little shank, or there's just this sort of round thing with either a rim or not a rim, either two holes or four holes. Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole. And the way you figure that out
Video examples
What causes antibiotic...
even inside you. Don't reach for the panic button just yet. Although you have 10 times more bacterial cells inside you than your body has human cells, many of these bacteria are harmless or even beneficial, helping digestion and immunity.
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
know i've always said don't bet the form of dogecoin uh fyi yeah but i i think i think it's it's i like dogs and i like memes and uh it's got both of those but just on the on the edit button how how do you get around the problem of so
Video examples
Hans Zimmer And...
the bass button and you just say you take what you want to take I'm go yet but what about anyway and quite often those favorite bits are hidden and we keep very quiet bizarrely enough in a funny way I was trying to be respectful
Video examples
How stress affects your...
High levels of cortisol can also cause you to put on those extra calories as visceral or deep belly fat. This type of fat doesn't just make it harder to button your pants. It is an organ that actively releases hormones
Video examples
How to practice...
Meanwhile, another little girl tried everything she could think of until she slid the red button, the cute doggie popped out, and she squealed with delight. three toddlers with identical plastic toys,
Video examples
Ze Frank: Are you human?
you hadn't discovered yet that you were just naturally great at? Mmm. Have you ever broken something in real life, and then found yourself looking for an "undo" button in real life?
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
It's not hard to imagine a world where at any given moment, you and everyone you know could be wiped out without warning at the push of a button.
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Kylie Minogue
Australian Musician
When I started, there was something almost romantic about the notion of paparazzi. I mean, it wasn't. They were still chasing you down the road. But that guy had to put film in his camera and work out whether it was worth pressing the button to take the shot, otherwise he's got to stop and change the film. So it was like this age of innocence.
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J. J. Watt
American Athlete
A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it. Don't let that happen to you. You've done so much work; you've put in so much effort. Don't let one moment ruin your entire life because you wanted to be funny or you were mad or because you had a mood.
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Tristan Harris
American Activist
Magicians start by looking for blind spots, edges, vulnerabilities and limits of people's perception, so they can influence what people do without them even realizing it. Once you know how to push people's buttons, you can play them like a piano.
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Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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Victoria Osteen
American Clergyman
One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.
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Rich Eisen
American Journalist
The raw emotion and physical nature of the NFL definitely push a lot of peoples' buttons. It's played once a week, so every game is important.
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Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.
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Gregg Easterbrook
American Author
But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire world sees it forever.
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Garrett McNamara
My brothers said I was always the craziest, always pushing buttons.
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Kylie Minogue
Australian Musician
When I started, there was something almost romantic about the notion of paparazzi. I mean, it wasn't. They were still chasing you down the road. But that guy had to put film in his camera and work out whether it was worth pressing the button to take the shot, otherwise he's got to stop and change the film. So it was like this age of innocence.
Quote examples
J. J. Watt
American Athlete
A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it. Don't let that happen to you. You've done so much work; you've put in so much effort. Don't let one moment ruin your entire life because you wanted to be funny or you were mad or because you had a mood.
Quote examples
Tristan Harris
American Activist
Magicians start by looking for blind spots, edges, vulnerabilities and limits of people's perception, so they can influence what people do without them even realizing it. Once you know how to push people's buttons, you can play them like a piano.
Quote examples
Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
Quote examples
Victoria Osteen
American Clergyman
One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
Quote examples
Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.
Quote examples
Rich Eisen
American Journalist
The raw emotion and physical nature of the NFL definitely push a lot of peoples' buttons. It's played once a week, so every game is important.
Quote examples
Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.
Quote examples
Gregg Easterbrook
American Author
But if you could make that mistake and press the send button and the entire world sees it forever.
Quote examples
Garrett McNamara
My brothers said I was always the craziest, always pushing buttons.
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