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web

n. countable
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈwɛb// UK //wˈɛb// web Archaic General-service

n. the system of connected pages and information you access through the internet. It can also mean the sticky net a spider makes to catch insects.

n. the global system of interconnected hypertext documents accessed via the internet; also, a complex network of interconnected elements or a silk structure produced by spiders.


SIMPLE

You can find almost any information on the Web.

CONTEXTUAL

The developer spent the afternoon fixing broken links on the company's public-facing Web portal.

COMPLEX

The investigation revealed a complex web of financial transactions designed to obscure the original source of the funding.

Synonyms
Origin

Ellipsis of World Wide Web.

Usage

When referring to the World Wide Web, it is frequently capitalized and preceded by the definite article 'the'.

Pitfall

I found it in the WebI found it on the WebThe preposition 'on' is used for digital platforms and websites, whereas 'in' is used for physical containers or print media.

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