online-date

A form of online date — A date over the Internet.

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Meanings

verbonline-date (third-person singular simple present online-dates, present participle online-dating, simple past and past participle online-dated)

present singular third person online-dates · participle present online-dating · participle past online-dated · past online-dated

  1. alternativeAlternative form of online date.

    IF YOU’RE a lesbian, you’re crazy not to online-date.

    2013, Chiara Atik, Modern Dating: A Field Guide, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 102
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    Kerstin Wolgers made it through 82 years on this Earth without ever once checking an email, watching a YouTube clip or sending a tweet. But last week, as part of a crash course that introduced her to the Internet for the first time, the former Swedish actress did all three — plus Googled, Instagrammed, Wikipedia-ed, shopped, video-gamed … even online-dated, eventually.

    2015 March 14, Caitlin Dewey, “Breaking down ‘digital divide’: Internet helps seniors cope better: Research”, in The Windsor Star, page D3

    But I didn’t want to online-date or meet men my mother would try to fix me up with.

    2016, Liza Monroy, Seeing as Your Shoes Are Soon to Be on Fire, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

online-date. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/online-date

MLA

“online-date.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/online-date. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “online-date,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/online-date.

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