: 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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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
He has since been taken to the Golden State Annex in McFarland, according to ICE’s online detainee locator system.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The world’s largest online retailer is heavily reliant on goods manufactured in China.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In 2020, she was accused of participating in online chatrooms tied to white supremacist groups.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Online.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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