online
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: 1950, from on + line.
Compound parts: on
line
Inflected forms:
form: more online
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most online
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: on-line
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dated
form: on-line
pos: adv
tags: alternative
dated
form: onlines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: onlining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: onlined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: onlined
pos: verb
tags: past
form: on-line
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
pos: adj
examples: Is this modem online?
gloss: Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
pos: adj
examples: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
The online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations.
I prefer to read online newspapers.
gloss: Connected to the Internet.
pos: adj
examples: I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.
gloss: Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
pos: adj
examples: Press the F1 key to access the online help.
The program comes with an online manual, supplied on compact disc.
gloss: Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
pos: adj
examples: The power is online.
Once this factory comes online, it will double car production in our country!
gloss: Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: terminally online
To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.
“If we were doing a family vlog inside the house, I would not want my feet in the video. At all.” He would wear socks. He is very online. He sees the conversations.
gloss: While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: He works online.
Well, things are getting pretty serious right now. I mean, we chat online for, like, two hours every day so I guess you could say things are gettin' pretty serious.
gloss: To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The output in Listing 8-2 shows your disk group status prior to onlining the disks, the commands to online your disks, and the status after onlining.
Antonyms: offline
hardcopy
brick and mortar
living under a rock
Derived words: chronically online
massively multiplayer online game
massively multiplayer online role-playing game
massive open online course
online banking
online date
online dating
online learning
onlineness
online public access catalog
onliner
online reality game
online service provider
online wallet
personal online desktop
terminally online
Translations:
lang: Basque
word: sarean
lang: Bulgarian
word: свъ́рзан
roman: svǎ́rzan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 網上 /网上
roman: wǎngshàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 線上 /线上
roman: xiànshàng
lang: Esperanto
word: interreta
lang: Esperanto
word: enreta
lang: Finnish
word: verkossa
lang: Finnish
word: online
lang: Finnish
word: seinässä
lang: Finnish
word: verkossa
lang: Finnish
word: kytkettynä
lang: French
word: en ligne
lang: Georgian
word: ონლაინ
roman: onlain
lang: Georgian
word: ხაზზე
roman: xazze
lang: German
word: online
lang: German
word: angeschlossen
lang: Gujarati
word: જાળે
roman: jāḷe
lang: Ido
word: enreta
lang: Ido
word: enlinea
lang: Indonesian
word: daring
lang: Indonesian
word: dalam jaringan
lang: Italian
word: in linea
lang: Italian
word: online
lang: Japanese
word: オンライン
roman: onrain
lang: Korean
word: 온라인
roman: onnain
lang: Malay
word: dalam talian
lang: Māori
word: tuihono
lang: Marathi
word: ऑनलाइन
roman: ŏnlāin
lang: Norman
word: brantchi
lang: Persian
word: آنلاین
roman: ânlâyn
lang: Persian
word: برخط
roman: barxat
lang: Persian
word: درون خط
roman: darun-e xat
lang: Persian
word: روی خط
roman: ruy-e xat
lang: Polish
word: online
lang: Portuguese
word: online
lang: Portuguese
word: em linha
lang: Romanian
word: în linie
lang: Romanian
word: online
lang: Romanian
word: rețelizat
lang: Russian
word: онла́йн
roman: onlájn
lang: Russian
word: онла́йновый
roman: onlájnovyj
lang: Slovene
word: v omrežju
lang: Tok Pisin
word: onlain
lang: Turkish
word: çevrim içi
lang: Ukrainian
word: онла́йн
roman: onlájn
lang: Ukrainian
word: онла́йновий
roman: onlájnovyj
lang: Urdu
word: روئے ربط
roman: rū-ey-rabt
lang: Urdu
word: آن لائن
roman: ān-lā'in
lang: Urdu
word: انٹرنیٹ پر
roman: inṭarneṭ par
lang: Urdu
word: بر خط
roman: bar-xat
lang: Walloon
word: raloyî
lang: Welsh
word: ar lein