website

noun

web·​site ˈweb-ˌsīt 

variants or Web site or less commonly web site

plural websites or Web sites also web sites

: a group of World Wide Web pages usually containing hyperlinks to each other and made available online by an individual, company, educational institution, government, or organization

… call our toll-free number or visit our website.

—advertisement in The New York Times Magazine

… the NHL's official Web site will be enhanced with what the league promises will be a much greater search capacity and a larger statistical database.

—Sports Illustrated

also : a service or business that operates via a particular website

I figured if I could get a website to take a chance on somebody who only had print experience, but had connections and was really good at writing and reporting, then I would be set.

—Dara Prant

The Ankeny-based software engineer created Vaccine Hunter, a website that aggregates available vaccine appointments at hundreds of vaccine providers across the state and publishes them automatically online.

—Michaela Ramm

Examples of website in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By clicking on these shopping links, visitors will leave this website. —Bethany Braun-Silva, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024

This column was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. —Kimberly Palmer Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024

The archdiocese has said the publicity would include posting links about the deadline on parish and Catholic school websites and in prominent locations in their buildings, putting notices in church bulletins, and having priests speak about the deadline during Mass at least twice. —Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

Blue Carbon has only one project under development in Zimbabwe, which involves approximately 20% of the country’s land, according to the company’s website. —Taiwo Adebayo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024

The boat left Sunday morning, and the tracking website shows the ship was scheduled to arrive in Norfolk, Virginia Monday morning. —USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024

Hasselhoff-Fiore is now a luxury real estate agent at the Aaron Kirman Group, holding the role of estates director according to her bio on the organization's website. —Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024

The limit rises as the number of people in your household increases; to find the limit for your household, consult the calculator on the program’s website. —Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

The manufacturer, which advertises Welding Glasses Shade 14 for sale on its website, says the eyewear is made of material much darker than solar eclipse glasses designed to block out all visible light except for a small amount of green light. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

website

noun

web·​site

ˈweb-ˌsīt

: a group of World Wide Web pages usually containing links to each other and made available online by an individual, company, or organization