website

or web site,

[ web-sahyt ]

/ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt /

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noun Digital Technology.

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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Also Web·site, Web site .

Origin of website

1990–95

Words nearby website

web pal, web press, web publisher, web scraping, web server, website, web spinner, webster, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Webster, Daniel, Webster Groves

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How to use website in a sentence

They have delivered more than 10 million pounds of food to those in need countywide, according to the rescue group’s website.
Restaurants throw away a lot of food. These volunteers pick it up first and take it to people who are hungry.|Cathy Free|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Plus, SEOs have been complaining for a while that SERP features like rich snippets encourage searchers to stay on Google instead of clicking through to websites.
Is Google moving toward being search marketing’s point of singularity: Thursday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|February 11, 2021|Search Engine Land
The company went from a little-known website to a platform dubbed “the nearest thing China has to YouTube.”
A popular Chinese video site is facing a commercial backlash over a Japanese cartoon|Jane Li|February 10, 2021|Quartz
Agendas have only been posted in English so far on the commission’s website.
African Communities Warn Language Issues Could Shut Them Out of Redistricting|Maya Srikrishnan|February 10, 2021|Voice of San Diego

This will help you attract local traffic and make your website more search-friendly.
A small business’ step-by-step guide to dominating local search in 2021|Joseph Dyson|February 10, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
The website, which as of now consists of just a homepage stating general principles, is indivisible.us.
The Democrats’ Black Hole—and What They Can Do About It|Michael Tomasky|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She has had clients from all over the world, including Ireland and India, who are drawn to her via word of mouth and her website.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nervous fans can keep a vigilant eye on it via a webcam hosted on the town website that offers 24-hour goat viewing.
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As reparation, the court ordered $563 to be paid out to Yang and required the clinic to post an apology on its website.
China’s Electroshock Gay-Conversion Case|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These links function correctly whether the books are read online, or installed on a local drive or a website.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 5 [December 1902]|Various
A suitable font was developed by Paul Morrow and can be downloaded from his website.
A History of the Philippines|David P. Barrows

British Dictionary definitions for website

website

/ (ˈwɛbˌsaɪt) /

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for website

website

Web site

(wĕb′sīt′)

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.

Cultural definitions for website

Web site

See Web page.

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or web site,

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