English

Alternative forms

• on-line

Adjective

online ‎(comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
   1. Describes a generator or power plant which is connected to the grid.
   2. Describes a computer which is connected to the Internet or to some other communications service – i.e., not simply with the cable plugged in, but has established a connection to a larger network (e.g., by dialing up).

      Is this modem online?‎

2. 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%.

   I prefer to read the online newspapers.‎

3. Connected to the Internet.

   I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.‎

4. 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.‎

5. Describes a system that is 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!‎

Antonyms

• (connected to larger network): offline
• (available on a computer system): hardcopy

Derived terms

• massive open online course (MOOC)

Translations

Adverb

online ‎(comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Describes actions performed over the Internet.

   He works online.

Translations

See also

• come online

Anagrams

• El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie

Finnish

Adverb

online

1. 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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈonlaːjn]
• Hyphenation: on‧line

Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English online.

Adjective

online ‎(invariable) (Also: on line, on-line)

1. online

Anagrams

• lenoni, Linneo, nonile

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• on-line

Adjective

online ‎(plural online, comparable)

1. online (connected to the Internet)

   O computador está online.‎

   The computer is online.

2. online (which takes place over the Internet)

   Comunicação online.‎

   Online communication.

Synonyms

• (taking place over the Internet): eletrónico

Spanish

Adjective

online m, f ‎(plural online)

1. online