- software
- nounADJECTIVE▪ computer, PC▪ application▪ accounting, blogging, design, editing, educational, enterprise, management, social, etc.▪ character-recognition, handwriting-recognition▪ face-recognition, facial-recognition▪ speech-recognition, voice-recognition▪
Voice-recognition software takes your speech and turns it into text.
▪ antivirus, filtering, security▪ proprietary▪Sony's proprietary PC software
▪ free, open-source▪We use only open-source software.
▪ latest▪ pirated▪He was arrested for selling pirated software.
… OF SOFTWARE▪ piece▪an exciting piece of design software
VERB + SOFTWARE▪ run, use▪My PC isn't powerful enough to run that software.
▪ create, design, develop, make, write▪ download, install▪ buy, sell▪ update▪I updated my antivirus software last night.
SOFTWARE + VERB▪ run▪The software will run on most PCs.
SOFTWARE + NOUN▪ application, applications, package, product, program, system, tool▪ development, engineering▪ developer, engineer▪ company, firm, house, maker▪ giant▪Microsoft, the software giant
▪ business, industry
Collocations dictionary. 2013.