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webbased

webbased is the alternative spelling of web-based.

Meaning of web-based

Adjective

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

Adjective capitalized: Webbased

Webbased (comparative more Webbased, superlative most Webbased)

  1. (uncommon) Uncommon spelling of web-based

Forms of webbased

comparativemore webbased
superlativemost webbased
comparativemore Webbased
superlativemost Webbased

Origin of webbased

From web + based.

From Web + based.

Questions about webbased

What is webbased the alternative spelling of?
Webbased is the alternative spelling of web-based.
What part of speech is webbased?
Webbased is an adjective.

Words near webbased in the dictionary

  1. webapps
  2. webathon
  3. webathons
  4. Webb
  5. Webb County
  6. webbased
  7. Webbe
  8. webbed
  9. webbed feet
  10. webbed foot
  11. webbed site

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Adapted from Wiktionary: webbased (page history and authors); Webbased (page history and authors); web-based (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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