: 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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Ever since, the ruling has put the onus on retailers and brands to police online marketplaces themselves, conduct test buys to find counterfeit products and submit requests to have the items taken down.
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Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2025
The attack on Transport for London resulted in outages of the agency’s internal services and online services but not its transportation services.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2025
Schweers openly shared her journey battling multiple sclerosis and infertility to her online community, documenting the highs, the lows, everything.
—Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Ever since, the ruling has put the onus on retailers and brands to police online marketplaces themselves, conduct test buys to find counterfeit products and submit requests to have the items taken down.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Online.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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