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

According to the brand, the tequila is additive-free, a claim that is verified by the website Taste Tequila which keeps a list of additive-free brands; also, all of the aged expressions are matured in wine casks as opposed to the bourbon barrels typically used in the tequila industry. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023

The master plan team has received close to 600 survey responses and nearly 3,000 visitors to the project website following the kickoff meeting, which was attended by 250 people, Josh Brooks, a principal with the firm Sasaki, told a crowd of more than 100 people at the Robinson Center. —Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2023

Head over to The Wall Street Journal Magazine’s website to read Jolie’s latest profile in its entirety. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023

Right-wing websites have suggested without evidence that this person is a federal agent who was tricking Trump supporters into trespassing on the Capitol grounds. —Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023

There will be four additonal pre-sales — from Saturday at 10 a.m. local time to Sunday at 10 p.m. — on the websites for Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Petco Park and Sheryl Crow. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023

There are two offshoots from the holding group defined on Sigma’s website as real estate and retail arms. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023

In honor of Snyder, Be the Match is inviting people to join the registry or make a monetary donation via a page dedicated to him on its website. —Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023

These episodes are intensely beloved; as of this year, over 50 websites have ranked each of the ten episodes. —Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2023

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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