dashboard

[ dash-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈdæʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

(in an automobile or similar vehicle) a panel beneath the front window having various gauges and accessories for the use of the driver; instrument panel.

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a user interface or web page that gives a current summary, usually in graphic, easy-to-read form, of key information relating to progress and performance, especially of a business or website: Our managers use an interactive dashboard to monitor employee data.The project dashboard shows all tasks assigned to your team.Test scores are posted on the school dashboard.
a web page or portal that provides links to key information and useful tools on a website: You can see financial reports with just one click from the dashboard.Use the dashboard link to add a location to your blog post.

a board or panel at the front of an open carriage or the like to protect the occupants from mud or dirt cast up by the hoofs of the animals drawing the vehicle.

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Origin of dashboard

First recorded in 1840–50; dash¹ + board

Words nearby dashboard

Darwin tulip, das, DASD, Dasehra, dash, dashboard, dashcam, dashed, dasheen, dasher, dashi

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How to use dashboard in a sentence

Perhaps this will come in the form of better forecasting methods or simple dashboards, he adds.
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This Search Console Insights dashboard gives you more views of your content performance since it now blends both Google Analytics and Google Search Console data into one.
Google Search Console Insights for content creators|Barry Schwartz|August 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
You can set up your own customized dashboard to track the things you want to follow including independent expenditures and ballot measures.
Politics Report: Bry, Lawson-Remer Dominate Fundraising|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|August 8, 2020|Voice of San Diego
To build this dashboard, you will need to download your server log files along with the ElasticSearch tools.
How SEOs can create a free server log dashboard to better understand incoming traffic to your website|Jean-Christophe Chouinard|August 3, 2020|Search Engine Land

The first thing to do every time you go to your online reputation management tool is to look at the dashboard.
Online reputation management: Seven steps to success|Aleh Barysevich|June 3, 2020|Search Engine Watch
It means pushing every police department to send their cops out with body and dashboard cameras.
Mike Brown Dies, a Generation Comes Alive|Roland S. Martin|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aside from oil, Russia has two great exports: brilliant, heady novelists and captivating dashboard camera videos.
Russian Dashcam Car Chase|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Ferguson Police do have two dashboard cams, but Chief Tom Jackson says he lacks the $3,000 per camera cost to install them.
If Ferguson P.D. Is Too Broke to Buy Body Cameras, Let’s Do It For Them|Michael Daly|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The front passenger, 15-year-old Amy Rademaker, was trapped between the seat, the dashboard, and the side door.
The Cops Who Found Out the Truth About GM's Deadly Cars—in 2006|Michael Daly|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A closer reading of the Sleeprate dashboard found that both it and the PSG detected an elevated heart rate.
How I Finally Got to the Bottom of My Insomnia|Gregory Ferenstein|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Glad to know you, Burke," I said, coming out from underneath the dashboard of the cruiser.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
"And think of me," said the Owl, perching upon the dashboard of the Red Wagon with much noisy clattering of his tin feathers.
The Tin Woodman of Oz|L. Frank Baum
Johnnie Green kept a long one in the socket beside the dashboard of his little red-wheeled buggy.
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels|Arthur Scott Bailey
Once on the cement highway, the driver opened his throttle, and Jimmy watched the indicator on the dashboard creep up.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
He braced his club foot against the iron bar of the dashboard and gripped the sides of the buggy to steady his feeble body.
The Clansman|Thomas Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for dashboard

dashboard

/ (ˈdæʃˌbɔːd) /

noun

Also called (Brit): fascia the instrument panel in a car, boat, or aircraftSometimes shortened to: dash

obsolete a board at the side of a carriage or boat to protect against splashing

commerce a document presenting the most significant information about a subject on a single page

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