online dating
online dating noun: dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections. Also the present participle and gerund of online date.
Noun
online dating (uncountable)
- Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.
- 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.2010 February 11, Scott James, “In the Calculations of Online Dating, Love Can Be Cruel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- Internet dating, cyberdating, hyperdating, e-dating
Also used as
online dating is also the present participle and gerund of online date.
Synonyms of online dating
Forms of online dating
| alternative abbreviation | OLD |
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Origin of online dating
From online + dating.
From online date + -ing.
Words formed from online dating
Questions about online dating
- What does online dating mean?
- Online dating means dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections.
- What part of speech is online dating?
- Online dating is a noun.
Words near online dating in the dictionary
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