onlineadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈɒn.laɪn/us/ˈɑːn.laɪn/A2 Online products, services, or information can be bought or used on the internet:
an online newspaper/magazine/dictionary
online banking/shopping
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- We're linked to the online database at our head office.
- Click on this link to visit our online bookstore.
- The company began its online banking service three years ago.
- The course includes an online module.
- She works for an online magazine.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- MySpace
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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onlineadverb
uk/ˌɒnˈlaɪn/us/ˌɑːnˈlaɪn/online adverb (INTERNET)
A2 bought, used, etc. using the internet:
Do you like to shop online?
This dictionary went online in 1999.
be online
to be able to use email or the internet:
I'll send you my email address once I'm online.
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- We agreed the deal online, but we'll have to wait for snail mail to get the paperwork.
- You can search Cambridge dictionaries online at www.dictionary.cambridge.org.
- Customers can check the status of their order online.
- We've been searching online for cheap flights.
- She does all her banking online.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- MySpace
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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online adverb (CONNECTED)
connected to a system:
The new power station is expected to be online by July.
When will the new factory come online (= start production)?
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- desktop
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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