website

American  

[web-sahyt] / ˈwɛbˌsaɪt /

Also Website, or web site,

noun

Digital Technology.

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.

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website British  

/ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt /

noun

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

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website Scientific  

/ wĕb′sīt′ /

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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Example Sentences

There will be a live transfer page running throughout the day on the BBC Sport website where all the news of the moves will break.

From BBC

Kontigo’s main public cryptocurrency wallet, which the company lists on its website to allow anyone to “audit,” shows little to no activity in the past few days.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those prices imply probabilities: If a contract tied to the collapse of Iran’s regime is trading for 41 cents, Polymarket’s website will say there’s a 41% chance of that happening.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vargo said it would take time for the name to be changed on the website, social media accounts and other channels as conversations were needed with organisations, supporters and the Irish government.

From BBC

This included installing close to 16,500 new checkouts and launching a new groceries app and website — costing hundreds of millions of pounds.

From BBC

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