: connected to, served by, or available through a system and especially a computer or telecommunications system (such as the Internet)
an online database
also
: done while connected to such a system
online shopping
online games
online searching
online
adverb
Examples of online in a Sentence
The city libraries are all online.
He likes to engage in online chats.
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Katherine Love, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some Forever 21 stores remain open for in-person shopping and online orders were still being filled, as of Monday, April 14.
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Trump and Zuckerberg have a complicated history, with the president being critical of the Silicon Valley CEO's management of online censorship, which culminated in a ban from Meta platforms after the January 6 riots.
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Katherine Love, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Some Forever 21 stores remain open for in-person shopping and online orders were still being filled, as of Monday, April 14.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump and Zuckerberg have a complicated history, with the president being critical of the Silicon Valley CEO's management of online censorship, which culminated in a ban from Meta platforms after the January 6 riots.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
The free versions of Joplin, another Editors' Choice winner, and Obsidian don't support online file storage but are otherwise feature-complete.
—PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Online.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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