dot-com

American

[dot-kom] / ˈdɒtˈkɒm /

Or dotcom

noun

a company doing business mostly or solely on the internet.

adjective

of or relating to such a company or to the business it conducts.

dot-com Cultural

See .com.

Other Word Forms

dot-comer noun
dot-commer noun

Etymology

Origin of dot-com

First recorded in 1995–2000; from the pronunciation of .com, suffix of domain name in most commercial internet addresses

Example Sentences

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It doesn’t seem nearly as big as the dot-com bubble, and the dichotomies don’t seem extreme, as in the 1990s.

From Barron's

Among the high-profile naysayers is Michael Burry, who foresaw the subprime mortgage crisis and recently compared the frenzy around AI to the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal

One was around the dot-com bubble peak of the early 2000s.

From MarketWatch

In both the 2008-09 financial crisis and the years of dot-com boom and bust, major rotations could be followed by large gains or losses.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We’ve seen this before in the dot-com bubble when the market would slash the price of a dot-com wonder at the first hint it would not meet the market’s extreme expectations,” said Angel.

From MarketWatch

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