website

Everyday

A website is a group of pages on the internet that belong to one person, company or organisation, which you visit using a web address. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and school you use websites to look things up, play learning games and read news. In online safety, only use websites a trusted adult has allowed, never give your password or address to a website you don't know, and remember that not everything on a website is true — check facts in more than one place. Websites have addresses like www.example.com.

Examples

• Our school has its own website. tree →
• I found the answer on a science website. tree →
• Ask an adult before you use a new website. tree →
• The museum's website shows the opening times. tree →
• Don't trust everything you read on a website. tree →
• This website has fun maths games. tree →
• Type the website address carefully. tree →

Note

Countable. Usually written as one word: website (older: web site). A «web page» is one page; a «website» is the whole group. The «internet» is the whole network; a website is one place on it. A fake website can look real, so check the address.