noun · neutral

browser

UK/ˈbraʊ.zə/US/ˈbraʊ.zɚ/BROW·ser

Band 4-5speakingtask2

a program used to access and view websites on the internet

Examples

“I cleared my browser history before the presentation.”

“This website works better in a modern browser.”

“Open the link in a new browser tab.”

Band 8 sentence

“I prefer a lightweight browser with good privacy settings so webpages load fast and trackers are blocked.”

Collocations

  • web browser
  • open a browser
  • clear browser history

Word family

browser nounbrowsers noun (plural)browse verb

Common mistakes

I searched it on Chrome.→I searched it using Chrome.

I opened Google to browse the website.→I opened a browser to go to the website.

Say it for a higher band

5Internet→6Chrome→7+browser

Synonyms

web browser

Easily confused

search engine

“I used a search engine to find the article, then opened it in my browser.”

Related words

internetdataartificial intelligenceemailtechnologyloginnotificationinnovation

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