blog
Americannoun
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a website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites.
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a single entry or post on such a website.
She regularly contributes a blog to the magazine's website.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
- blogger noun
- blogging noun
Etymology
Origin of blog
First recorded in 1995–2000; shortening of weblog
Explanation
When your computer-loving friend takes your photograph, you might be wise to ask, "Are you planning to put that on your blog?" A blog is a personal website or online journal. It seems like everyone has a blog these days, or a website that's used as a personal diary for posting photos, stories, and entries about interests, families, or hobbies. Blog can also be used as a verb to mean "post something on a blog," so you could say, "I plan to blog about how delicious this slice of apple pie tastes." The original term, which was first used in the mid-1990s, was weblog, which was shortened to blog by 1998.
Vocabulary lists containing blog
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On Thursday, the pastor published a defensive blog post about the war and his church’s proximity to it.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
The preview version of Anthropic’s new Mythos model “has already found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web browser,” the company said in a blog post.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
"They don't need to visit our website to read a blog on how to fit artificial grass or whatever it might be."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
“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
The chat rooms made her blog feel inconsequential, a comedy of manners, a mild satire about a world that was anything but mild.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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