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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Attributive:
- enPR: ŏn'līn"
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒnlaɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔnlaɪn/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑnlaɪn/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔnlɑɪn/
- enPR: ŏn'līn"
- Predicative:
- enPR: ŏnlīn'
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒnˈlaɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔnˈlaɪn/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑnˈlaɪn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɔnˈlɑɪn/
- enPR: ŏnlīn'
- Rhymes: -aɪn
Adjective
online (comparative more online, superlative most online)
- Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
- Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
- Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
- Is this modem online?
- Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
- 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%.
- 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
- The online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations.
- I prefer to read online newspapers.
- Connected to the Internet.
- I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.
- Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
- Press the F1 key to access the online help.
- The program comes with an online manual, supplied on compact disc.
- Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
- The power is online.
- Once this factory comes online, it will double car production in our country!
- (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
- 2025 April 27, Lisa Miller, Maggie Shannon, “When a Child’s Life Becomes the Family Business”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- “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.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “connected to larger network”): offline
- (antonym(s) of “available on a computer system”): hardcopy
- (antonym(s) of “online business”): brick and mortar
- (antonym(s) of “slang”): living under a rock
Derived terms
- chronically online
- massively multiplayer online game
- massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- massive open online course (MOOC)
- online banking
- online date
- online dating
- online gambling
- online learning
- online newspaper
- online public access catalog
- online reality game
- online service provider
- online wallet
- personal online desktop
- terminally online
Descendants
Translations
connected to a network
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available over the Internet
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connected to the Internet
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available on a computer system
of a system that is active
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Adverb
online (not comparable)
- While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.
- He works online.
- 2004, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Napoleon Dynamite (motion picture), spoken by Kip (Aaron Ruell):
- 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.
Translations
performed over Internet
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Verb
online (third-person singular simple present onlines, present participle onlining, simple past and past participle onlined)
- (computing, transitive) To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
- 2013, John Clarke, Oracle Exadata Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, page 219:
- 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.
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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English online. The forms on line and on-line are older in Dutch.
Pronunciation
Adverb
online
- online (on, via or connected to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]
Adjective
online (not comparable)
- online (on, via, connected or related to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]
Declension
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
online
- online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute
- Haluan hoitaa pankkiasiani online.
- I want to handle my banking business online.
- Olen X-pankin online-asiakas.
- I'm an online customer of X Bank.
Derived terms
- online-kaupankäynti
- onlinejärjestelmä
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (indeclinable)
- online
- Antonym: offline
- 2024, Artur-Axel Wandtke, Die Unvollendete. Roman, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 63:
- »[…] Der Widerspruch zwischen arm und reich wird erst gelöst, wenn nicht der Geldreichtum Maßstab aller menschlichen Werte in der analogen und online Welt ist«, sagte Robert.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (not comparable)
Declension
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Italian
Etymology
Adjective
online (invariable) (Also: on line, on-line)
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
online
- (proscribed) online
- Synonyms: (proscribed) atas talian, dalam talian
- Antonym: luar talian
- Permainan online ― Online games
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online.
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Adverb
online (not comparable)
Noun
online m inan
- (colloquial, Internet) online (Internet-connected mode of operation)
- Coordinate term: offline
Declension
Declension of online
Derived terms
adjective
- onlinowy
Related terms
adverb
- onlinowo
Further reading
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online.
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (invariable)
Adverb
online
- online
- Synonym: em linha
- 2024, Ana Carolina Ulhoa da Veiga et al., anonymous quotee, “Repercussões da pandemia COVID-19 na atuação de psicólogos clínicos: possibilidades e dificuldades da categoria”, in Cleber Bianchessi, editor, Pesquisas e estudos em Psicologia: Ciência, Profissão e Ensino, volume 2, Curitiba: Bagai, , →ISBN, page 44:
- Tinha dificuldade em fazer alguns atendimentos online, fazer manejos online. Foi algo que eu tive que aprender a fazer, porque era isso, nossa nova realidade no mundo. Então eu senti esse impacto.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “on-line”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “online”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “on-line”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “on-line”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online.
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (invariable)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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