noun · neutral
component
UK/kəmˈpəʊnənt/US/kəmˈpoʊnənt/co·MPON·ent
Band 7+task1task2speaking
one of the parts of a machine, system, or whole
Examples
“The battery is a vital component of a smartphone.”
“Each component must be tested separately.”
“psychological components of motivation”
Band 8 sentence
“Understanding each component of the curriculum helped the faculty redesign courses to improve student outcomes.”
Collocations
- essential component
- component of
Word family
component nouncompose verbcomposed adjective
Common mistakes
componet→component
component part→component
Say it for a higher band
5part→6element→7+component
Synonyms
part
element
Easily confused
part
“One part of the experiment was to survey students about study habits.”
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