weblog
/ˈwɛb.lɒɡ/US/ˈwɛb.lɔɡ/
weblog noun: a website in the form of an ongoing journal.
Noun (1)
weblog (plural weblogs)
- A website in the form of an ongoing journal.
- A Weblog is updated as often as the writer decides and can include photographs and links to other sites around the Web. There are different ways to create a Weblog, and you do not need your own file server.2002 July 25, J. D. Biersdorfer, “Your World, Online: Setting Up a Weblog”, in New York Times
- The case of the Loufan landslide indicates how a mainstream journalist-blogger used his weblog to expose the cover-up of an accident in north-west China.2011, Xin Xin, “Web 2.0, citizen journalism and social justice in China”, in Graham Meikle, Guy Redden, editors, News Online: Transformations and Continuities, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...
- Synonyms:
- blog
Noun (2) capitalized: Weblog
Weblog (plural Weblogs)
- Alternative letter-case form of weblog.
Synonyms of weblog
Forms of weblog
| plural | weblogs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Weblog |
| plural | Weblogs |
Origin of weblog
Compound of Web + log. Coined by American blogger Jorn Barger in 1997.
Words formed from weblog
Questions about weblog
- What does weblog mean?
- Weblog means a website in the form of an ongoing journal.
- What part of speech is weblog?
- Weblog is a noun.
- How do you pronounce weblog?
- Weblog is pronounced /ˈwɛb.lɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of weblog?
- The plural of weblog is weblogs.
Words near weblog in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: weblog (page history and authors); Weblog (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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