"online dating" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From online + dating. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|online|dating}} online + dating Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} online dating (uncountable)
  1. Dating over the Internet, typically using a website or app to find potential connections. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Internet, Love Synonyms: Internet dating, cyberdating, hyperdating, e-dating, OLD [abbreviation] Derived forms: online date (english: back-formation) [verb] Related terms: online date [noun], computer dating, video dating, speed dating, online banking Translations (dating over the Internet): 在線交友 (Chinese Mandarin), 在线交友 (zàixiàn jiāoyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), nettideittailu (Finnish), nettitreffailu (Finnish), nettiseuranhaku (Finnish), Onlinedating [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-online_dating-en-noun-OPU5-VVq Disambiguation of Internet: 92 8 Disambiguation of Love: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From online date + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|online date|ing|nocat=1}} online date + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} online dating
  1. present participle and gerund of online date Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: online date
    Sense id: en-online_dating-en-verb-BMGFQ9Ic
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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