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online
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective online has 3 senses
- online(a = adj.all) on-line - on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; "on-line industries"
- online(a = adj.all) on-line - connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; "an on-line database"
- online(s = adj.all) on-line - being in progress now; "on-line editorial projects"
CIDE DICTIONARY
online, adj.
- connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of
off-line . [WordNet 1.5] - being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects. [WordNet 1.5]
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