word processor
nounDefinition of word processor
: a device or program used to perform word processing
Examples of word processor in a Sentence
At work she sits in front of her word processor all day.
She closed down her word processor and opened her e-mail program.
Recent Examples on the Web
Looking up the spelling of words in the dictionary Spellcheck is nearly as old as word processors, and many of us have grown up expecting Microsoft Word to underline our mistakes in red squiggles. — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, "20 everyday tasks that nobody does anymore," 13 June 2019 Screenshots that have circulated on social media appear to show Kashuv using racial slurs on Google Docs, an online word processor, and in text messages. — Washington Post, "Harvard pulls Parkland grad’s admission over racist comments," 17 June 2019 Screenshots that have circulated on social media appear to show Kashuv using racial slurs on Google Docs, an online word processor, and in text messages. — Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, "Harvard pulls Parkland grad’s admission over racist comments," 17 June 2019 That strategy fizzled when word processors morphed into personal computers, a business soon dominated by other companies. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "CEO Phillip Farmer Revitalized Harris Corp. by Shrinking It Drastically," 9 Nov. 2018 FontCode can be applied to hundreds of common fonts, like Helvetica or Times New Roman, and works in word processors like Microsoft Word. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "You Can Send Invisible Messages With Subtle Font Tweaks," 20 May 2018 So many of my contemporaries went to New York and became bartenders or word processors. — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, "A Charlotte (theater) institution: Billy Ensley as actor, director, collaborative pro | Charlotte Observer," 15 May 2018 His dominance of compression, word processors and spreadsheets forced others to play in markets away from Microsoft. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Columbus Discovers the Amazon," 6 May 2018 Your laptop battery will last much longer in programs with little drain on system resources, such as a word processor. — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, "7 tips to making your laptop battery last longer," 12 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'word processor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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