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 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

To find their polling location and check their voter status, voters can visit the two counties’ websites. — Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Senior study author Laura Cuaya explained their findings in a press release published on the university’s website. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

For the full report, visit the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative website. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

For transparency, the data in this article is sourced from German website Transfermarkt which, as a crowdsourced tool, sometimes lists different fees to those reported by The Athletic, while the position labels are also taken from that site. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for website

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight

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