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Cursor Pronunciation

Cursor is pronounced KUR-ser, IPA /ˈkɝsɝ/.

KUR-ser

US /ˈkɝsɝ/  ·  UK /ˈkɜːsə/

Syllables: KUR · ser (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)

noun: The moving marker on a screen that shows where typing or clicking will take effect.

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Cursor in a Sentence

  • Put the cursor at the end of the line.
  • The cursor blinked in an empty search box.
  • Hold the key down to move the cursor a word at a time.

Common Mispronunciations of Cursor

Not ker-SAWR

The opening syllable takes the beat, and the ending reduces to the same faint ser you hear in sensor and censor.

Not KOOR-ser

The first vowel is the ur of curse, which is also where the word's Latin root for runner ended up in English.

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