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

Government websites still put the cost at about $340 million. —Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2023

Faith in Florida’s website now greets visitors with a pop-up message imploring them to sign the pledge. —Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023

Via Carota also has a line of craft cocktails for a ready to drink experience at home available on their website. —Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023

According to their website, that is a six-year program. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023

However, the board referred NBC News to the public license search portion of its website, where disciplinary action is viewable. —Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023

As with the 4chan message boards, GamerGate websites, Stormfront, 8chan, and 8kun, there is a playbook at work here. —WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023

For more information on the full program, visit the conference website. —Terry Flores, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023

Meanwhile, website visits to ChatGPT dropped for the third month in a row in August, creating pressure for large tech companies to sustain popular interest in the tools and to find new enterprise applications and revenue models for generative AI products. —Jennifer Korn, CNN, 22 Sep. 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