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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Under the control of a central computer, as in a manufacturing process or an experiment.
  2. adj. Connected to a computer or computer network.
  3. adj. Accessible via a computer or computer network: an online database.
  4. adj. In progress; ongoing: online editorial projects.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
  2. adj. Available over the Internet.
  3. adj. connected to the Internet
  4. adj. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
  5. adj. Describes a system that is active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
  6. adv. Describes actions performed over the Internet.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Computers) connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
  2. adj. colloq. being in progress now; ongoing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
  2. adj. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  3. adj. being in progress now
  4. adj. being in progress now
  5. adj. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  6. adj. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system

Etymologies

  1. on +‎ line (Wiktionary)

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Other words for ‘online’

  1. connected
  1. machine-accessible
  1. current
  1. on-line

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Words with the opposite meaning

  1. offline

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. new
  2. international
  3. digital
  4. corporate
  5. successful
  1. web-based
  2. interactive
  3. real-time
  4. third-party
  5. off-line
  1. searchable
  2. integrate
  3. multimedia
  4. internet-based
  5. audio
  1. stand-alone
  2. collaborative
  3. high-performance
  4. in-house
  5. in-depth
  1. e-commerce
  2. on-board
  3. retail
  4. innovative
  5. navigational
  1. easy-to-use
  2. comprehensive

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. piston-area
  2. cyberspace
  1. chatroom
  2. online
  1. username
  2. lurk
  1. unsubscribe
  2. IRC
  1. Google
  2. brick-and-mortar
  1. access
  2. channel

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Words tagged ‘online’

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  1. tdes

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