Collins unit 5 - Gadgets

Gadgets (ga·juhts)

means small, useful devices or pieces of equipment, often electronic, designed to make tasks easier or more convenient.

Synonyms: devices, tools, appliances اجهزة منزليه (depending on the context).

angle (angles)

NOUN, is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces, are measured in degrees.

circumference

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN The ------ of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.

diameter (diameters)

NOUN The ---- of a round object is the length of a straight line that can be drawn across it, passing through the middle of it.

height (heights)

NOUN The ---- of a person or thing is their size or length from the bottom to the top.

length (lengths)

NOUN The ---- of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side

radius (radii)

NOUN The ---- around a particular point is the distance from it in any direction

volume (volumes)

NOUN The --- of something is the amount of it that there is.

width (widths)

NOUN The ---- of something is the distance it measures from one side or edge to the other.

adjust (adjusts, adjusting, adjusted)

VERB When you ---- to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.

convey (conveys, conveying, conveyed)

VERB To --- information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone.

launch (launches, launching, launched)

VERB If a company ---- a new product, it makes it available to the public.

reinforce (reinforces, reinforcing, reinforced)

VERB If something ---- a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense.

secure (secures, securing, secured)

VERB If you ---- something that you want or need, you obtain it, often after a lot of effort.

suspend (suspends, suspending, suspended)

VERB If you ---- something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.