online

See also: on line

§English

Wikipedia

§Alternative forms

• on-line

§Etymology

on +‎ line

§Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏn'līn", IPA^(key): /ˈɒnˌlaɪn/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

§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”, 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

connected to a network

• Finnish: verkossa (fi), online (fi) (computer); seinässä (fi) (small electric appliance)‚ verkossa (fi) (electric machinery); kytkettynä (coupled, generally)
• French: en ligne (fr)
• Indonesian: daring (id)

• Japanese: オンライン (ja) (onrain)
• Jèrriais: brantchi
• Korean: 온라인 (ko) (onnain)
• Malay: dalam talian
• Portuguese: online, em linha
• Romanian: în linie, online, rețelizat
• Slovene: v omrežju

available over the Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: verkko- (fi)

• Greek: σε απευθείας σύνδεση (se apeftheías sýndesi)
• Malay: dalam talian
• Portuguese: online

connected to the Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: verkossa, netissä
• French: en ligne (fr)
• Greek: σε απευθείας σύνδεση (se apeftheías sýndesi)
• Italian: on-line (it)
• Jèrriais: brantchi

• Malay: dalam talian
• Portuguese: online, em linha
• Romanian: online, în internet
• Russian: в сети (v seti)
• Slovene: dosegljiv
• Spanish: en línea (es)

available on a computer system

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: online (fi)

• Malay: dalam talian

of a system that is active

• Finnish: päällä (fi) (power); toiminnassa (factory etc.)

• Malay: dalam talian

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} متصل (muttáSil), ^{(please verify)} متواجد (mutawaajid), ^{(please verify)} على الإنترنت (`ala l-'intarnat), ^{(please verify)} أونلاين ('onlayn)
• Azeri: ^{(please verify)} onlayn
• Mandarin:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 在線, ^{(please verify)} 在线 (zh) (zàixiàn), ^{(please verify)} 上網, ^{(please verify)} 上网 (zh) (shàngwǎng), ^{(please verify)} 聯機, ^{(please verify)} 联机 (liánjī), ^{(please verify)} 線上 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 线上 (xiànshàng), ^{(please verify)} 網上 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 网上 (wǎngshàng)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} online, ^{(please verify)} připojený
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} online (nl), ^{(please verify)} aangesloten (nl), ^{(please verify)} verbonden (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} en ligne (fr), ^{(please verify)} online (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} eingeschaltet (de), ^{(please verify)} verbunden (de), ^{(please verify)} online (de)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ऑनलाइन (ŏnlā'in)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} tengdur m
• Interlingua: in linea, online
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} オンライン (ja) (onrain)

• Jèrriais: ^{(please verify)} en lîngne
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 온라인 (ko) (onlain)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} на линија (na línija), ^{(please verify)} вклучен (vklúčen), интернет- (ínternet-) (sense 3)
• Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} an-tserasera
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} онлайн (ru) (onlajn) (ónlajn) usually as prefix with -, онлайновый (onlájnovyj), ^{(please verify)} в сети (v setí), ^{(please verify)} в интернете (v internéte)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} online, ^{(please verify)} pripojený m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} en línea (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} uppkopplad (1)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ออนไลน์ (on-lai)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} çevrimiçi (tr)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trực tuyến (vi)

§Adverb

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Describes actions performed over the Internet.

   He works online.

§Translations

performed over Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: verkossa (fi), verkko- (fi), online- (fi)

• Greek: ονλαιν (onlain)
• Malay: dalam talian

§See also

• come online

§Anagrams

• El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie

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§Hungarian

§Etymology

From English online.

§Pronunciation

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

§Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online

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§Italian

§Etymology

English

§Adjective

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

1. online

§Anagrams

• lenoni, Linneo, nonile

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§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