: 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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Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Experts say the biggest jump has been online, through smartphone apps and platforms like DraftKings and FanDuel.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
More than 600 Middlebury students had also joined an online group to share updates of the extensive effort to find Smith, WPTZ reported.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
With the casinos and online gambling came organized crime, money laundering, prostitution, drug trafficking and online scamming.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for online
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“Online.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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