Home / Dictionary / Website

Website Very Common

Website has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

"the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers"

2

A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

"After migrating our entire website to a new secure server, we noticed all the interlinked pages loading faster than before."

In plain English: A website is a collection of connected pages on the internet that you can visit using a computer or phone.

"You can find the recipe on her website."

Usage: Use "website" (often shortened to site) when referring to an entire online presence, not individual pages within it. Avoid confusing this with "web page," which denotes a single document viewed in a browser rather than the whole collection of interlinked content under one domain.

Example Sentences
"You can find the recipe on her website." noun
"The website crashed during peak shopping hours last night." noun
"She spent an hour reading about local history on the museum's official website." noun
"My favorite news outlet updated its website with breaking stories this morning." noun
Related Terms
outlink site death clock edit lampp protected wiki brochureware fansite static site trackback banner blindness pharming bet exchange websafe yeet app wrapper internet presence preprint server websurf link farm
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
computer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chat room portal site

Origin

The word website combines the English words web and site to describe a collection of pages connected by links on the internet. It was first used in the early 1990s as technology developed to link documents together like a vast digital network.

Rhyming Words
ite hite kite qite wite lite bite fite mite vite yite site nite dite gite rite cite elite smite quite
Compare
Website vs