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online-date

online-date is the alternative form of online date.

Meaning of online date

Verb

online date (third-person singular simple present online dates, present participle online dating, simple past and past participle online dated)

  1. To date over the Internet.
    • Don’t diss online dating […] But they might overlook you because a) by suggesting you’re above this online lark you sound arrogant b) you sound way too negative and cynical c) you’re suggesting that only desperados online date and therefore you must think they’re a desperado or d) they’re so bored...2009, Georgia Barlow, “The Write Impression”, in The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Dating Divas, London: JR Books, →ISBN, pages 45–46

See all 3 meanings of online date

Forms of online-date

third-person singular presentonline-dates
present participleonline-dating
past participleonline-dated
pastonline-dated

Questions about online-date

What is online-date the alternative form of?
Online-date is the alternative form of online date.

Words near online-date in the dictionary

  1. online reality game
  2. online reality games
  3. online service provider
  4. online service providers
  5. online wallet
  6. online-date
  7. online-dated
  8. online-dates
  9. online-dating
  10. onlined
  11. onlineness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: online-date (page history and authors); online date (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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