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web-based

web-based adjective: based on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.

Adjective (1)

web-based (comparative more web-based, superlative most web-based)

  1. (Internet) Based on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.
    • It also has a huge disadvantage: when you're off line^([sic]), you're out of luck. You can't get at your web-based mail, you can't get at your online calendar or contact list or documents, you can't do very much.2008 March 18, James Fallows, “Another step toward the online “cloud computing” life”, in The Atlantic
    • Dr. Chan and Mr. Zuckerberg also pushed a web-based education program in school districts across the country.2025 June 28, Theodore Schleifer, Eli Tan, Mike Isaac, “Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Adjective (2) capitalized: Web-based

Web-based (comparative more Web-based, superlative most Web-based)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of web-based.

Forms of web-based

comparativemore web-based
superlativemost web-based
alternative formWeb-based
alternative formwebbased
alternative formWebbased
comparativemore Web-based
superlativemost Web-based

Questions about web-based

What does web-based mean?
Web-based means based on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.
What part of speech is web-based?
Web-based is an adjective.

Words near web-based in the dictionary

  1. Web spider
  2. Web spiders
  3. web surfer
  4. web surfers
  5. web television
  6. web-based
  7. web-browser
  8. web-browsers
  9. web-footed
  10. web-footed gecko
  11. web-footed geckos

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