Internet
597
1.6
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌnɛt/
- Texting
:
Internet
- Anyone with a computer can connect to the Internet and access a wealth of information.
- Internet access
- Internet connection
- computers and Internet
Put the phone down and then the Internet and phone line died.
- Put the phone down and then the Internet and phone line died.
- And we didn't have the Internet also correct.
- What he said was the Internet is the world's biggest library.
- And then they gave me a laptop with no Internet, no nothing.
- I'm going to get off the Internet for for a while.
- All right, Scrap Yard Wars day three. Our Internet is down.
- Anyone with access to the Internet can read what I've just thought.
- So you know, the internet's a platform, right?
- Those hotels didn't have restricted Internet and I never got to enjoy that.
- I went to the first ever Internet rehab centre in the world.
Examples
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Because Dylan has taken the Internet and the White House by storm.
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A domain name is the official internet presence for an overall organization.
Academic text (1997) -
Put the phone down and then the Internet and phone line died.
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But people will say anything on the internet.
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What he said was the Internet is the world's biggest library.
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Accessing the site is free and available to anyone with an internet connection.
Academic text (2008) -
Anyone with access to the Internet can read what I've just thought.
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You could find just about anybody's phone number on the internet these days.
Fiction book (2002) -
But he says the Internet isn't permanent.
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Much as I like chess by e-mail and on the internet, I almost never get to play face-to-face.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
169
2.7
A global network of computers people use to find information and send messages
45
4.2
A virtual place where people communicate and share information online
6
4.2
A large electronic network like the internet that moves information quickly
A worldwide computer network that sends information quickly
A group of connected computers in different places that share data
Idioms
Compounds
- Texting
1
3.8
Shared ways people act online, like memes and inside jokes on social media
- Specialized
A set of computer rules that lets local devices send secure messages and manage a network
How Advanced
- Texting
597
1.6
- Texting
45
2.8
- Specialized
5
4.0
32
2.8
∞
1.0
- Archaic
1
8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Internet comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and net meaning 'a net' or 'network'. Imagine a giant net that links computers between places, which is why the Internet is a worldwide system that connects many computers.