home page

noun

: the page typically encountered first on a website that usually contains links to the other pages of the site

Examples of home page in a Sentence

They have designed a simpler home page that is easier to use.
Recent Examples on the Web Soon this fact appeared on the home page of the United States Bocce Federation. Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023 Click here for the Pickleball Brackets home page for the event. Todd Boss, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 Consequently, Google had made great efforts to become the default search engine on all those devices, making lucrative deals with Apple and the other manufacturers to place its search engine on home pages and browsers. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023 As designers and graphics editors on the Digital News Design team at The New York Times, we can often be found behind computer screens, working with data to design the home page display for election results, for example, or writing code for multimedia articles. Umi Syam, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023 The next day, ESPN’s home page was taken over by the Taylor Swift sighting at an N.F.L. game. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023 Follow our latest reporting always at The Watchdog home page which features all recent columns. Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023 Fortune will be covering Tuesday’s Apple launch event live, so check back at the Fortune home page for all the news. Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023 Amazon will then direct you to its overstock home page. John Thompson, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home page was in 1992

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“Home page.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20page. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

home page

noun
: the page of a website that is usually seen first and contains links to the other pages of the site

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