1
: gadget
2
: an unnamed article considered for purposes of hypothetical example
3
: a small software application that is designed to provide a specific piece of information (such as news, weather, or traffic updates) or a specific function (such as taking notes or controlling another application) on demand
This resource allows anglers to see what advisories are in effect in specific waterways … . The web page is optimized for mobile devices, with a widget that allows users to zoom to their exact location on the map with the press of a button.—
Chris Knauss
Chris KnaussA widget might show you the weather forecast, or the latest baseball scores. There are widgets that show photographs you've stored online, or that cull images from the Daily Puppy Web site.—Rob Walker
Rob WalkerExamples of widget in a Sentence
manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer
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Building nuclear weapons is not like making widgets.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Now Brief and the Now Bar One UI 7 generates daily briefs that are accessible through the Now Brief widget.
—PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
The Microsoft Edge Game Assist feature is a widget that appears in the Game Bar in Windows 11 much like Valve’s Steam overlay browser.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Jan. 2025
For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Now Brief and the Now Bar One UI 7 generates daily briefs that are accessible through the Now Brief widget.
—PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
The Microsoft Edge Game Assist feature is a widget that appears in the Game Bar in Windows 11 much like Valve’s Steam overlay browser.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Jan. 2025
For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widget. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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