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website

American  
[web-sahyt] / ˈwɛbˌsaɪt /
Also Website, or web site,

noun

Digital Technology.
  • websites
    plural
  1. a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics.


website British  
/ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt /

noun

  1. a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web containing information on a particular subject

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

website Scientific  
/ wĕbsīt′ /
  1. A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.


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Etymology

Origin of website

1990–95

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Explanation

A collection of online documents or resources is a website. Looking for a great website to help you increase your word knowledge? We recommend Vocabulary.com. Whenever you use the internet, you visit websites, whether they're a single page or a complex assortment of content and pages. Popular websites provide information, discussion forums, videos, shopping, and much more. We visit websites to get the weather report, buy plane tickets, listen to music, check school calendars, and post vacation photos. Website was first used in 1994, not long after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1990.

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It also has a searchable public website that compiles public information on banks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The Orígens Geopark has also created a website featuring many of the site's most representative fossils.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

The network's website showed that at least 15 disruptions had been recorded across the country on Tuesday, with routes to the main international airport, Schiphol, and Utrecht also affected.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The complete list of 2026 Emmy nominees is available on the Television Academy website.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

I don’t ever want to repeat the things I read on that website, or the lies Edie wrote about me to everyone.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Depending on the problem, that could include public-facing websites and social media resources, secure computing systems, advanced simulation engines, or AI agent builders.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

In recent months, OpenAI and Anthropic have reported several incidents in which AI systems spontaneously broke out of their confined environments to access the internet and attack websites and platforms.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

As the legal wheels have been turning in the background, those campaigning to free Letby have redoubled their efforts, with protests and websites dedicated to her cause.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Also, visible puzzles still pop up on websites that haven’t upgraded to newer captcha technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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