web-based

adjective

Based on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.

Meanings

web-based1

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

comparative more web-based · superlative most web-based · alternative Web-based · alternative webbased · alternative Webbased

  1. InternetBased on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.

    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
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    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

Web-based2

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

comparative more Web-based · superlative most Web-based

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

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Chicago

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