verb (used with object)
-
to communicate with (a person) or search for information about (a person) by using Facebook.
My old girlfriend just facebooked me.
His future employer Facebooked him and decided to withdraw the job offer.
-
to post on Facebook.
I facebooked some photos of my cat.
You should Facebook the event so more people will show up.
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Spelling
The official trademarked name of the social media platform and website is now styled in all capital letters “FACEBOOK,” though prior to 2020 the trademarked style was “facebook,” in all lowercase letters. Formal writing—as exemplified by most news and book publishers—treats such names as regular proper nouns, in this case “Facebook,” using an initial capital letter, but not all caps. However, when a trade name begins with a lowercase letter followed by an uppercase one, such as eBay or iPad, this spelling is retained, even at the beginning of a sentence.
Etymology
Origin of Facebook
First recorded in 2000–05; from facebook, a college student directory with personal photos and basic information
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.
Zyma Islam typed that on Facebook well past midnight on 18 December.
From BBC
The actor’s son, Matthew Chapin, announced on Facebook that his mother succumbed to her “long hard fought battle” with cancer after five years.
From Los Angeles Times
“These are the first signs she will likely be laying an egg,” Friends of Big Bear Valley wrote in a Facebook post.
From Los Angeles Times
An announcement that Facebook parent Meta had reached an agreement to buy millions of chips from processor-maker AMD also lifted optimism.
From Barron's
Reardon, who is still using Facebook groups to help plan a big family vacation to Australia and relishes Facebook tips she has received on speedier immigration lines and packing light, had the last laugh.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
