Synonym: clasp, close, fasten, hook. Antonym: unbutton. Similar words: button up, put to, cotton, butt, mutter, shuttle, scuttle, butterfly. Meaning: [‘bʌtn] 
n. 1. a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2. an electrical switch operated by pressing 3. any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4. a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment 5. a female sexual organ homologous to the penis 6. a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism 7. any artifact that resembles a button. v. 1. provide with buttons 2. fasten with buttons.
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1. Gender issues have become something of a hot button.
2. The top button of his shirt was undone.
3. I don’t care a button about it.
4. This button is for adjusting the volume.
5. He inserted the cassette and pressed the ‘play’ button.
6. You must press this button to start the radio.
7. Press this button to start the engine.
8. Button up before going out.
9. I pushed the button to turn on the radio.
10. Please press the button down.
11. The little girl depressed the button.
12. A button was missing from his shirt.
13. Press the button to start the machine.
14. He soaked Haas on the button.
15. His shirt gapes open with a button missing.
16. The top button popped off my shirt.
17. Burke pushed the button and the elevator began its slow ascent.
18. Let’s push this button.
19. The fuse blew as he pressed the button to start the motor.
20. Abortion is still one of the hot button issues of US life.
21. Which button do I press to turn the radio on?
22. Give the button a slight press and the music would die.
23. First let’s button the facts down, then we can plan ahead.
24. Can you sew a button on for me?
25. I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
26. The pressure of steam in the engine is controlled by this button.
27. He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button.
27. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
28. Simply point your camera at the subject and press the button.
29. Don’t worry if you have had a bad day. We each have a reset button. It’s called tomorrow.
30. Rodney put the recorder on the desk top and pushed the play button.
More similar words: button up, put to, cotton, butt, mutter, shuttle, scuttle, butterfly, tone, get on, put through, cut through, act on, sit on, put on, fit to, wait on, rest on, at once, next to, count on, admit to, adapt to, point to, ought to, get together, react to, comment on, all at once, autonomy.
Examples of how to use the word “button” in a sentence. How to connect “button” with other words to make correct English sentences. (High-quality Audio!)
button (n): a small, usually circular object used to fastensomething, for example a shirt or coat
Use “button” in a sentence
| What will happen if i press this button? |
| All you have to do is push this red button. |
| In case of an emergency, push this button. |
| Can you sew a button on for me? |
| In case of fire, push this button. |
| Press the green button.
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кнопка, пуговица, бутон, кнопочный, застегивать на пуговицы
существительное ↓
- пуговица
to sew on buttons — пришивать пуговицы 
to undo buttons — расстёгивать пуговицы
- кнопка, пуговка
button switch — эл. кнопочный выключатель
button torch — воен. карманный фонарь
to press the button — нажать на все кнопки, пустить в ход связи
- то, что имеет форму пуговки, кнопки
button nose — нос пуговкой
- почка (на дереве)
- нераспустившийся бутон
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- застёгивать (на пуговицы; обыкн. button up)
- застёгиваться
this dress buttons down the back — у этого платья застёжка на спине
my collar won’t button — воротничок не застёгивается
- разг. плотно закрывать
I buttoned my mouth and refused to talk — я наотрез отказался говорить
- нашивать пуговицы; украшать пуговицами
- нанести укол противнику (фехтование)
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Словосочетания
a dress with buttons down the back — платье с пуговицами на спине
at the pressing of a button — при нажатии кнопки
to sew on a button — пришивать пуговицу
to lose a button — потерять пуговицу
to rip off / tear off a button — оторвать пуговицу
to press / push the button — нажать кнопку
to button through — застёгиваться на пуговицы сверху донизу
to click a mouse button — кликнуть кнопкой мыши
button / zip fly — ширинка на пуговицах, на молнии
ready to the last gaiter button — полностью готовый
press-button control — кнопочное устройство, управляющее печатной машинкой
push the button — нажми на кнопку
Примеры с переводом
Button up your coat.
Застегни пальто до конца.
Press the pause button.
Нажмите кнопку «Пауза».
The button has come off.
Пуговица оторвалась.
Let’s button up this job.
Давай закругляться с этой работой.
Give the button another press.
Нажми на кнопку ещё раз.
A button was missing from his shirt.
На его рубашке не хватало одной пуговицы.
She undid (=unfastened) the buttons of her blouse.
Она расстегнула пуговицы на блузке.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
There’s a button missing from your shirt. 
Will you button the baby’s jacket for her?
I got in and pushed the button for the fourth floor.
Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.
Фразовые глаголы
button up — застегивать на пуговицы, застегнуть на все пуговицы, завершать
Возможные однокоренные слова
buttons — мальчик-посыльный
unbutton — расстегивать, чувствовать себя свободно, чувствовать себя непринужденно
buttony — имеющий много пуговиц, похожий на пуговицу
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: button
he/she/it: buttons
ing ф. (present participle): buttoning
2-я ф. (past tense): buttoned
3-я ф. (past participle): buttoned
noun
ед. ч.(singular): button
мн. ч.(plural): buttons
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noun
a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
anything resembling a button, especially in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc.
a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons.
any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc.
Botany. a bud or other protuberant part of a plant.
Mycology.
- a young or undeveloped mushroom.
- any protuberant part of a fungus.
Zoology. any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake.
Boxing Informal. the point of the chin.
Also called turn button. a fastener for a door, window, etc., having two arms and rotating on a pivot that is attached to the frame.
Metallurgy. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.
Fencing. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil.
Computers. (in a graphical user interface) a small, button-shaped or clearly defined area that the user can click on or touch to choose an option.
verb (used with object)
to fasten with a button or buttons: She quickly buttoned her coat.
to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop: He buttoned the top button of his shirt.
to provide (something) with a button or buttons.
verb (used without object)
to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.
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Idioms about button
- Also button one’s lip. to become or keep silent.
- to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up.
- to fasten fully or put on, especially an outer garment: Button up before going out.
- to complete successfully; finish: The report is all buttoned up.
button up, Informal.
have all one’s buttons, Informal. to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one’s wits: At 106 she still has all her buttons.
on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button.
Origin of button
1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n<Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM button
but·ton·er, nounbut·ton·like, adjectivemis·but·ton, verb (used with object)mis·but·toned, adjective
re·but·ton, verb (used with object)well-buttoned, adjective
Words nearby button
butt joint, buttle, buttload, buttock, buttock-clenching, button, buttonball, buttonbush, button-down, button ear, buttoned-up
Other definitions for button (2 of 2)
noun
Richard Tot·ten [tot-n], /ˈtɒt n/, «Dick», born 1929, U.S. figure skater.
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Words related to button
knob, dial, switch, catch, clasp, fastening, frog, stud, adjuster, toggle, tuner
How to use button in a sentence
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Preschoolers press the buttons on the head of the Fisher Price Code ‘n Learn Kinderbot to tell the machine to carry out basic movements, like rolling forward.
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When it comes to a speedy camera launch, most Android phones let you double-tap the power button to launch the camera.
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Apple chose to put the button on top so that the iPad Air’s display could “extend to all sides,” Legros said.
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Choose the frozen program and click on the End Task button in the bottom right.
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A revised iPad Air, which typically starts at $500, will follow the iPad Pro models and Apple’s phones in ditching the home button.
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Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
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There is a disconnect, which allows for some distance between his actions and your button presses.
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I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.
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«I verily believe they’re gone to look at my button,» cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
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Button Gwinnett, one of the signers, died of a wound received in a duel.
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They are brown, ovoid in shape, about 50 long, and have a button-like projection at each end (Fig. 101).
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This is then suspended from a button on the trousers so that the bottle rests against the skin of the inguinal region.
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As soon as the door had closed, Jack Carlson bounded back to his desk, touched a button on an inter-office communications box.
British Dictionary definitions for button
noun
a disc or knob of plastic, wood, etc, attached to a garment, etc, usually for fastening two surfaces together by passing it through a buttonhole or loop
a small round object, such as any of various sweets, decorations, or badges
a small disc that completes an electric circuit when pushed, as one that operates a doorbell or machine
a symbolic representation of a button on the screen of a computer that is notionally depressed by manipulating the mouse to initiate an action
biology any rounded knoblike part or organ, such as an unripe mushroom
fencing the protective knob fixed to the point of a foil
a small amount of metal, usually lead, with which gold or silver is fused, thus concentrating it during assaying
the piece of a weld that pulls out during the destructive testing of spot welds
rowing a projection around the loom of an oar that prevents it slipping through the rowlock
British an object of no value (esp in the phrase not worth a button)
slang intellect; mental capacity (in such phrases as a button short, to have all one’s buttons, etc)
on the button informal exactly; precisely
verb
to fasten with a button or buttons
(tr) to provide with buttons
(tr) fencing to hit (an opponent) with the button of one’s foil
button one’s lip, button up one’s lip, button one’s mouth or button up one’s mouth to stop talking: often imperative
Derived forms of button
buttoner, nounbuttonless, adjectivebuttony, adjective
Word Origin for button
C14: from Old French boton, from boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see butt ³
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Other Idioms and Phrases with button
In addition to the idioms beginning with button
- button one’s lip
- button up
also see:
- cute as a button
- have all one’s buttons
- on the button
- push (press) someone’s buttons
- push the panic button
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Sentences
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Mobile- One year, several women complained that the buttons fell off.
- Many have phones or other voice communication devices and alarm buttons.
- I push another button and schedule lunch in my electronic calendar.
- A four-button jacket says British Invasion, circa 1964.
- But Mason did not begin this season by pushing a button.
- Would his wife get a belly-button ring some day?
- She plans to use Velcro instead of buttons in some designs.
- The yellow buttons only made Ben seem more of a fool.
- One name that came to Lucille’s mind was Buttons.
- It’s more about passion than pushing buttons .»
- It’s difficult to see button in a sentence .
- Bridal salons base the charge on the numbers of buttons used.
- The top button was clearly labeled » Daddy .»
- You can do most things by pushing one of these buttons.
- But he has another hot-button issue, affirmative action.
- Jackets were sometimes standoffish as well, with one high button.
- Tiny buttons decorate dresses along with bits of lace and belts.
- It has seven buttons to push; only some are labeled.
- Some monitor capabilities are activated not by buttons but by software.
- The Record button was hard to find, hard to hit.
- The Russian bear still has its paw over the nuclear button.
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I’m sure you know somebody who can’t say anything about any idea, plan, or activity without crutching the sentence with the word but.
Уверен, вы знаете людей, которые не могут говорить об идее, плане или деятельности, не испортив предложение словом «но».
He started a sentence with the word «atomic» or «nuclear» and then randomly chose words from the auto-complete suggestions.
«Я начинал предложение со слов «ядерный» или «атомный» и потом выбирал одно из автоматически предложенных вариантов.
Do not start a sentence with the word «but».
He just started every sentence with the word atomic or nuclear and gave the phone to fill in the rest.
Он просто начинал каждое предложение со слова «атомный» или «ядерный» и давал телефону заполнить остальное.
I made up a sentence with the word that I had just learned.
Starting a sentence with the word «you» almost guarantees a non-productive conversation.
Начинать фразу со слова «ты» — верный путь к непродуктивному разговору.
You don’t need to finish every sentence with the word «sir.»
You should avoid beginning a sentence with the word «also.»
You should avoid beginning a sentence with the word «also.»
It is grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with the word «and,» but I get so upset when I think about Ike.
Грамматически неправильно заканчивать фразу словом «и», но я так расстраиваюсь при мысли об Айке.
Insert a period after C, delete whereas and begin new sentence with the word Domestic.
Mr. de GOUTTES wondered whether it was necessary to introduce the second sentence with the word «Nevertheless».
Mr. Lallah suggested replacing the words «as to» in the third sentence with the word «affirming» rather than «stressing» or «suggesting».
Г-н Лаллах предлагает заменить в третьем предложении выражение «что касается» словом «подтверждая» вместо слов «подчеркивая» или «предполагая».
The United Nations Appeals Tribunal, by its decision of 10 October 2011, decided to adopt an amendment to article 5, paragraph 1, by replacing the word «two» in the second sentence with the word «three».
В своем решении от 10 октября 2011 года Апелляционный трибунал Организации Объединенных Наций постановил принять поправку к пункту 1 статьи 5, заменив во втором предложении слово «две» словом «три».
There are two reasons why a writer would end a sentence with the word «stop» written entirely in
СУЩЕСТВУЕТ две причины, почему писателю может захотеться закончить фразу словом «точка», написанным целиком заглавными буквами (ТОЧКА).
And it’s incredibly more for the control group that did the sentences without money and way less not only for the people who unscrambled the sentence with the word salary but also way less if they saw Monopoly money in the corner.
Большинство из контрольной группы, получившие предложения без упоминания денег, гораздо реже из людей, получивших предложение с упоминанием зарплаты, и даже люди, с деньгами из монополии, реже обращались за помощью.
Ok, Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri implicitly stated that he does not intend to listen to «that word» in the very same sentence with the word Ferrari.
Во время презентации в прошлом году, генеральный директор Ferrari Луи Кэри Камиллери заявил, что не хочет слышать это слово «в той же фразе, в которой есть Ferrari».
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