cursor
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cursor
- /ˈkɜːsə/ Australia, UK
- [ˈkʰɜːsə] Australia, UK
- /ˈkɜɹsəɹ/ Canada, US
- [ˈkʰɝsɚ] Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
noun cursors · cursour
- 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[…]
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A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
Similar: pointer
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An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
Similar: 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.
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A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
Similar: iterator pattern
verb cursors · cursoring · cursored · cursour
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pointer, updatable, poise, declare, traveller, precursor, pointing, hover, arrow, mouse, indicator, insertion point, i-beam, mouse pointer, caret, locator
Translations
Every language
noun programming: iterator pattern
| Русский | курсо́р kursór |
|---|
noun part of scientific instruments that indicates position
| Español | cursor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 커서 keoseo |
| 日本語 | カーソル kāsoru |
| 中文 | 遊標 /游标 or 游標 /游标 yóubiāo, 光標 /光标 guāngbiāo |
| Português | cursor |
| Français | curseur |
| Deutsch | Cursor, Läufer |
| Ελληνικά | δείκτης deíktis |
| Română | cursor |
| Русский | курсо́р kursór, стре́лка strélka, указа́тель ukazátelʹ, движо́к dvižók |
| العربية | مُؤَشِّر muʔaššir |
noun GUI: moving icon representing the position of a pointing device
| Español | cursor, puntero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 커서 keoseo |
| 日本語 | カーソル kāsoru |
| 中文 | 游標 /游标 yóubiāo |
| Português | cursor, ponteiro |
| Français | curseur |
| Deutsch | Mauszeiger |
| Ελληνικά | δρομέας droméas, κέρσορας kérsoras |
| Русский | курсо́р kursór |
| Tiếng Việt | con trỏ |
| עברית | סמן samán |
noun computing: indicator of where the next insertation or other edit will take place
| Español | cursor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 커서 keoseo |
| 日本語 | カーソル kāsoru |
| 中文 | 游標 /游标 yóubiāo |
| Deutsch | Schreibmarke |
| Italiano | puntatore, cursore |
| Ελληνικά | δρομέας droméas, δείκτης deíktis |
| Română | cursor |
| Русский | курсо́р kursór, каре́тка karétka |
| Tiếng Việt | con nháy |
| עברית | סַמָּן samán |
Talk about this word "cursor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cursor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cursor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cursor "cursor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cursor.Cite this
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title = {cursor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cursor},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
