Used in a Sentence

pinned

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pinned.

Editorial note

Website opened in the frameless browser window, identifiable as a different application which could be easily pinned to Launchpad.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pinned gathered in one view.

adjective

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pinned.

adjective

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

Example sentences

1

Website opened in the frameless browser window, identifiable as a different application which could be easily pinned to Launchpad.

2

One of the things that always amazed me is people's willingness, or excitement to be pinned to one proprietary networking system.

3

Slack feels like it should be in the browser for me, as a pinned tab.

4

It's old school but I've always find it more efficient than pinned apps or using the start menu.

5

It is not pinned to Windows or Service Pack releases like IE was historically.

6

What's really missing: favicons in tabs, pinned tabs and a dark mode for the window chrome, that matches the dark menu bar in yosemite.

7

It's easier to locate the tab that way especially when it's pinned.

8

Can much of health care problems be pinned directly on the doctors?

9

You're still losing the information about what you had pinned before by unpinning, unless you can dig it out of dpkg.log after the fact.

10

How do you roll back a bad update to your pinned packages?

11

Great advances in science are pinned on a few extraordinary white-maned individuals.

12

I feel for the guys who bought the medallions but are somehow pinned under a brand or group that won't innovate.

Quote examples

1

Yes, I'm aware of this, but it pretty much means the pinned tab behaves like "any other tab".

2

They don't get pinned (though occasionally one will be "replayed" after a short delay).

3

Being able to see my pinned apps after I hit "All Apps" isn't useful.

4

In Windows 7, I can either have an unstructured list of "pinned" programs, or I can manually categorize the real ("All programs") start menu.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pinned in a sentence?

Website opened in the frameless browser window, identifiable as a different application which could be easily pinned to Launchpad.

What does pinned mean?

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

What part of speech is pinned?

pinned is commonly used as adjective.