"left-click" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: left-clicks [present, singular, third-person], left-clicking [participle, present], left-clicked [participle, past], left-clicked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} left-click (third-person singular simple present left-clicks, present participle left-clicking, simple past and past participle left-clicked)
  1. (intransitive, computing) To press the left button on a computer mouse. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms (press the left button): click Translations (to press the left button on a mouse): venstreklikke (Danish), klikata vasemmalla (Finnish), faire un clic gauche (French), cléchliceáil (Irish), dèan briogadh clì (Scottish Gaelic), clicar el botón izquierdo (Spanish), cliquear el botón izquierdo (Spanish), vänsterklicka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-left-click-en-verb-v-Ce5C-F Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'press the left button': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to press the left button on a mouse': 95 5
  2. (transitive, computing) To activate an item on the screen by left-clicking while the pointer is over it. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking): venstreklikke (Danish), klikata vasemmalla (Finnish), cléchliceáil (Irish), dèan briogadh clì (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-left-click-en-verb-zVzLlMGg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leftclick Related terms: middle-click, right-click

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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "venstreklikke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "klikata vasemmalla"
    },
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "faire un clic gauche"
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "cléchliceáil"
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "clicar el botón izquierdo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "cliquear el botón izquierdo"
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      "sense": "to press the left button on a mouse",
      "word": "vänsterklicka"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking",
      "word": "venstreklikke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking",
      "word": "klikata vasemmalla"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking",
      "word": "cléchliceáil"
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      "sense": "to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking",
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