website
Americannoun
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websites
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noun
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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.
Vocabulary lists containing website
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - Middle School
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 7
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Example Sentences
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According to the Axios website, appeals for US intervention from the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have so far gone unanswered.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sure enough: InfinityVision, as its website states, is a “certification for premium large-format theaters, meaning moviegoers are guaranteed exceptional film presentation.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Pegasus Airlines, established in 1990, operated 158 international routes to 55 countries at the end of 2025, according to its website.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The insurance business owner in Miami, who is in his 70s, started small, upping his investments only after the website for the fake cryptocurrency platform began showing big returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A website listing a bunch of places to submit puzzles to pops up.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
You may be seeing fewer demands to prove you are human on websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Bots have gotten much better at solving them, prompting websites to rely increasingly on less visible—and more consumer-friendly—ways of detecting suspicious behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So far this decade, Walmart has built up its so-called retail media network, which charges brands for advertisements and sponsored searches on the retailer’s websites and apps.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Its estimated market value, meanwhile, is more than $1.5 million, according to real estate websites.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
I looked at one of those baby websites online and there was a due date calculator.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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