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See also: Onlinedating and Online-Dating
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.
- Synonyms: Internet dating, cyberdating, hyperdating, e-dating
- 2010 February 11, Scott James, “In the Calculations of Online Dating, Love Can Be Cruel”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- In the digital age, everything must at some point be reduced to this basic construct of choice: One or zero. Yes or no. On or off. Subscribers to online dating sites are forced to come up with a list of their desires. Red hair? Yes or no. Over 30 O.K.? Please check a box.
Derived terms
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[edit]- → German: Onlinedating
Translations
[edit]dating over the Internet
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]online dating service on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “online dating”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “online dating”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.