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You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window.
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

Meaning of "interface" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERFACE

interface  [ˈɪntəˌfeɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERFACE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Interface is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb interface in English.

WHAT DOES INTERFACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of interface in the English dictionary

The first definition of interface in the dictionary is a surface that forms the boundary between two bodies, liquids, or chemical phases. Other definition of interface is a common point or boundary between two things, subjects, etc. Interface is also an electrical circuit linking one device, esp a computer, with another.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INTERFACE

PRESENT

Present
I interface
you interface
he/she/it interfaces
we interface
you interface
they interface
Present continuous
I am interfacing
you are interfacing
he/she/it is interfacing
we are interfacing
you are interfacing
they are interfacing
Present perfect
I have interfaced
you have interfaced
he/she/it has interfaced
we have interfaced
you have interfaced
they have interfaced
Present perfect continuous
I have been interfacing
you have been interfacing
he/she/it has been interfacing
we have been interfacing
you have been interfacing
they have been interfacing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I interfaced
you interfaced
he/she/it interfaced
we interfaced
you interfaced
they interfaced
Past continuous
I was interfacing
you were interfacing
he/she/it was interfacing
we were interfacing
you were interfacing
they were interfacing
Past perfect
I had interfaced
you had interfaced
he/she/it had interfaced
we had interfaced
you had interfaced
they had interfaced
Past perfect continuous
I had been interfacing
you had been interfacing
he/she/it had been interfacing
we had been interfacing
you had been interfacing
they had been interfacing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will interface
you will interface
he/she/it will interface
we will interface
you will interface
they will interface
Future continuous
I will be interfacing
you will be interfacing
he/she/it will be interfacing
we will be interfacing
you will be interfacing
they will be interfacing
Future perfect
I will have interfaced
you will have interfaced
he/she/it will have interfaced
we will have interfaced
you will have interfaced
they will have interfaced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been interfacing
you will have been interfacing
he/she/it will have been interfacing
we will have been interfacing
you will have been interfacing
they will have been interfacing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would interface
you would interface
he/she/it would interface
we would interface
you would interface
they would interface
Conditional continuous
I would be interfacing
you would be interfacing
he/she/it would be interfacing
we would be interfacing
you would be interfacing
they would be interfacing
Conditional perfect
I would have interface
you would have interface
he/she/it would have interface
we would have interface
you would have interface
they would have interface
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been interfacing
you would have been interfacing
he/she/it would have been interfacing
we would have been interfacing
you would have been interfacing
they would have been interfacing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you interface
we let´s interface
you interface
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to interface
Past participle
interfaced
Present Participle
interfacing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERFACE


biface
ˈbaɪˌfeɪs
blackface
ˈblækˌfeɪs
boldface
ˈbəʊldˌfeɪs
Boniface
ˈbɒnɪˌfeɪs
catface
ˈkætˌfeɪs
chalkface
ˈtʃɔːkˌfeɪs
clubface
ˈklʌbˌfeɪs
coalface
ˈkəʊlˌfeɪs
dogface
ˈdɒɡˌfeɪs
hardface
ˈhɑːdˌfeɪs
light-face
ˈlaɪtˌfeɪs
moonface
ˈmuːnˌfeɪs
paleface
ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs
pigface
ˈpɪɡˌfeɪs
pudding-face
ˈpʊdɪŋˌfeɪs
shitface
ˈʃɪtˌfeɪs
typeface
ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs
uniface
ˈjuːnɪˌfeɪs
wheyface
ˈweɪˌfeɪs
whiteface
ˈwaɪtˌfeɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERFACE

interethnic
interfacial
interfacially
interfacing
interfaculty
interfaith
interfamilial
interfamily
interfascicular
interfemoral
interfere
interference
interference fit
interferential
interferer
interfering
interferingly
interferogram
interferometer
interferometric

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERFACE

air-to-surface
aspherical surface
caustic surface
come to the surface
communication interface
control surface
face
granulated surface
graphical user interface
high definition multimedia interface
hypersurface
on the surface
resurface
road surface
Scarface
sub-surface
surface
surface-to-surface
undersurface
user interface
work surface

Synonyms and antonyms of interface in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTERFACE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «interface» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of interface

Translation of «interface» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERFACE

Find out the translation of interface to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of interface from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «interface» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交叉区域
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

interacción
570 millions of speakers

English

interface
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इंटरफ़ेस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

واجهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интерфейс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interface
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্টারফেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interface
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antara muka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verbindung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

境界領域
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

접점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antarmuka
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giao diện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைமுகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंटरफेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arayüzey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interfaccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

interfejs
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтерфейс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interfață
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διεπαφή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koppelvlak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gränssnitt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grensesnitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interface

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERFACE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERFACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about interface

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10 QUOTES WITH «INTERFACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word interface.
1
John Battelle
I find web browsing, checking multiple email accounts, and Google mapping rather tiresome on an iPhone - the iPhone's native interface, for all its supposed perfection, has all kinds of wrong baked in - and the screen is just far too small.
2
Jeff Bezos
I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
3
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
You need to look no further than Apple's iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window.
4
Weili Dai
Women have their own strengths, like fashion. In technology, we can contribute in a big way in terms of the design of the user interface.
5
Larry Ellison
We'll continue to expand our footprint... Oracle's Fusion cloud applications for HCM, CRM and ERP all have a new simplified user interface and an integrated social network that makes our enterprise applications as easy-to-use and familiar as Facebook, while enabling better collaboration and teamwork among your employees and your customers.
6
Judith Faulkner
Health care organizations don't ask us to interface to every type of module because they understand that it could cause safety problems.
7
Mindy Grossman
The model of getting the consumer to come to you is old, and the new model is how can you get to the consumer on their terms, in ways they want to engage in. How people are choosing to interface with content is very different. You've got to marry different platforms.
8
Andy Hertzfeld
People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.
9
Andy Hobsbawm
Among many other things, a smartphone functions as a handheld digital sensor for the physical world. In other words, we don't necessarily need our real world things to be directly connected, when the Web interface in our mobile devices provides the network access and intelligence.
10
Thomas R. Insel
A National Database on Autism Research is fostering sharing of data and collaborations. Scientists are also making great strides at the interface of biology and engineering with new technologies that are laying the groundwork for future advances.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERFACE»

Discover the use of interface in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interface and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Linux Programming Interface
Although this book goes into detail on a wealth of Linux-specific features, it gives careful attention to contemporary Unix programming standards and to portability issues."
Michael Kerrisk, 2010
2
The Human Interface: New Directions for Designing ...
With this book, Raskin proves again both his farsightedness and his practicality.
Jef Raskin, 2000
3
The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An ...
Bringing together the results of more than 300 new design studies, an understanding of people, knowledge of hardware and software capabilities, and the author’s practical experience gained from 45 years of work with display-based systems, ...
Wilbert O. Galitz, 2007
4
The Java Native Interface: Programmer's Guide and Specification
It allows programmers to take full advantage of the Java platform without having to abandon their investment in legacy code. This book is the definitive resource and a comprehensive guide to working with the JNI.
Sheng Liang, 1999
5
User Interface Design for Programmers
In this brilliantly readable book, author Joel Spolsky proposes simple, logical rules that can be applied without any artistic talent to improve any user interface, from traditional GUI applications to websites to consumer electronics.
Joel Spolsky, 2001
6
Android User Interface Development: Beginner's Guide
Quickly design and develop compelling user interfaces for your Android applications.
Jason Morris, 2011
7
Voice User Interface Design
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to voice user interface (VUI) design.
Michael Harris Cohen, James P. Giangola, Jennifer Balogh, 2004
8
Ecological Interface Design
The volume concludes with an analysis that connects ecological interface design with other common interface design methods, enabling you to better understand how to combine approaches in the creation of design solutions.
Catherine M. Burns, John Hajdukiewicz, 2013
9
LTE-Advanced Air Interface Technology
Besides being an explanatory text about LTE-Advanced air interface technology, this book exploits the technical details in the 3GPP specification, and explains the motivation and implication behind the specifications.
Xincheng Zhang, Xiaojin Zhou, 2012
10
Direct Sensor-to-microcontroller Interface Circuits: Design ...
This book describes the design and characterisation of interface circuits for the dirct connection of sensors with a time-based output signal to a microcontroller.
Ferran Reverter, Ramón Pallás Areny, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERFACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term interface is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lytro Illum gets better autofocus, brand-new interface… - Imaging …
Firmware Friday this week is a little bit unusual, as Lytro's new Camera Software 2.0 update lands for the Illum light-field camera. The reason? «imaging resource, Jul 15»
2
5 cool new Android launchers and interface tools (July #2)
If you put enough time and effort, they say, you can tailor every Android phone to serve your unique interests and interface layout, and ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»
3
Offenders help revamp interface community centre - UTV
Offenders help revamp interface community centre. Police 17 Jul 2015. Offenders are helping to revamp a community centre at a Belfast interface as part of a ... «U.TV, Jul 15»
4
Oculus VR: Facebook Buys Pebbles Interface To Push Tech
Facebook Buys Pebbles Interface To Push Its Oculus VR Tech ... Pebbles Interface is an Israeli company is based in Kfar-Saba 14 miles ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
5
Transponder Coded Safety Switch has integrated AS-Interface.
July 17, 2015 - Via adaptor, CES-AS-C04 is directly connected to ribbon cable as slave. AS-Interface status is identifiable at all times via LEDs integrated into ... «ThomasNet News, Jul 15»
6
Microsoft updates One Note for Android, iOS with universal interface
The company will be updating the application on Android and iOS with a more universal interface, which means that the app will look pretty ... «India Today, Jul 15»
7
Thermal Interface Pads & Material Market by Type, Products …
The thermal interface pads & material market comprises various products used for transferring heat from electronic components to heat sinks in ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
8
Menstruation misery for Malawi schoolgirls: CHILIWOGO interface
Menstruation misery for Malawi schoolgirls: CHILIWOGO interface meeting in Machinga establish. July 17, 2015 Jeromy Kadewere -Nyasa Times Education, ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
9
Sprint Galaxy Note Edge Android 5.1 Lollipop Update with User …
Sprint Galaxy Note Edge Android 5.1 Lollipop Update with User Interface, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Management and Factory Reset Protection. «Venture Capital Post, Jul 15»
10
Quantum Interface: changing the way you use your smartphone
The folks at Quantum Interface have created for themselves a software revolution, of sorts. While you're not really able to get ahold of it yourself ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»

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