blog

American  

[blawg, blog] / blɔg, blɒg /

noun

1. a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.

2. a single entry or post on such a website.

   She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's website.

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verb (used without object)

blogged, blogging

1. to maintain or add new entries to a blog.

verb (used with object)

blogged, blogging

1. to express or write about on a blog.

   She’s been blogging her illness for almost a year.

blog British  

/ blɒɡ /

noun

1. Full name: weblog.  informal an online journal

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Other Word Forms

• blogger noun
• blogging noun

Etymology

Origin of blog

First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of weblog

Example Sentences

“Conveying that a zero-job-growth economy is consistent with full employment is not easy,” San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said in a blog post Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“OpenAI is becoming the core infrastructure for AI, making it possible for people around the world and businesses, big and small, to just build things,” the company said in a blog post.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

When I started writing, around 2003, at a small self-published feminist blog, I had just barely declared myself a feminist.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Sony is raising the prices of its PlayStation consoles because of “continued pressures in the global economic landscape,” the company said in a blog post Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Next week is teen week, the time of month when Amu discusses topics of interest to young people on his website, and there’s always a host of interesting questions that his blog posts generate.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Related Words

• site