"dotcom" meaning in English

See dotcom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɒtˈkɒm/ [UK], /ˌdɑtˈkɑm/ [US], /ˈdɒtkɒm/ [UK], /ˈdɑtˌkɑm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotcom.wav [Southern-England], en-us-dotcom.ogg [Mid-Atlantic], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotcom2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dotcoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒm, -ɑm, (US) -ɑm Etymology: dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dot|com}} dot + com Head templates: {{en-noun}} dotcom (plural dotcoms)
  1. A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.
    Sense id: en-dotcom-en-noun-HW2r0ghK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dot-com

Verb

IPA: /dɒtˈkɒm/ [UK], /ˌdɑtˈkɑm/ [US], /ˈdɒtkɒm/ [UK], /ˈdɑtˌkɑm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotcom.wav [Southern-England], en-us-dotcom.ogg [Mid-Atlantic], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotcom2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dotcoms [present, singular, third-person], dotcomming [participle, present], dotcommed [participle, past], dotcommed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒm, -ɑm, (US) -ɑm Etymology: dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dot|com}} dot + com Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} dotcom (third-person singular simple present dotcoms, present participle dotcomming, simple past and past participle dotcommed)
  1. (transitive) To convert to using or being based on e-commerce. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dotcom-en-verb-TMNVvXem Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dot-com

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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