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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They could instead queue up on Gilt’s website in anticipation of the day’s flash sale and buy that same merchandise online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Early voting and drop-off locations for the general election will be posted to the secretary of state’s website on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
According to its website the gathering "aims to define a shared vision and articulate a better, more human-centric path for AI development".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I put some stuff about nuisance animals on the website, mostly links to animal welfare organizations’ pages about how these predators are an essential part of the ecosystem and better ways to manage wildlife-human encounters.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
Such fears were sparked after a recent incident saw AI tools hack into websites, despite not being asked to.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
You may be seeing fewer demands to prove you are human on websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Scott Fischer’s expedition had no less than two correspondents filing online dispatches for a pair of competing websites.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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