online
Americanadjective
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operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer.
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connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the internet.
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of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines.
an online bookstore.
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available or operating on a computer or computer network.
an online dictionary.
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by means of or using a computer.
online shopping.
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Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming.
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Television. of or relating to the final editing of a videotaped program.
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done or accomplished while in operation or active service.
online maintenance.
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located on major routes or rail lines.
online industries.
adverb
adjective
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of, relating to, or concerned with a peripheral device that is directly connected to and controlled by the central processing unit of a computer
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of or relating to the internet
online shopping
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occurring as part of, or involving, a continuous sequence of operations, such as a production line
adverb
Etymology
Origin of online
First recorded in 1915–20 (in sense “located on rail lines”); 1945–50 for other senses
Example Sentences
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And as artificial intelligence and e-commerce play a bigger role in the way people shop, the analysts worried about whether Costco, as a retailer, was sufficiently online.
From MarketWatch
Restrictions due to Covid meant he spent less time at the gym and more online, until Anne gave him a copy of I.C.
Footage of the operation posted online by Macron showed Belgian forces rappelling down from the aircraft to board the ship.
From Barron's
It has been working with tech companies to determine how such facilities could stay online during brief faults on the system instead of switching to backup.
The force has yet to confirm the death but friends and family members of the man said in online posts that he had died.
From BBC
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