Standard Lemma guide

dotcom

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɒtˈkɒm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌdɑtˈkɑm/
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒm
  • rhymes with -ɑm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒtkɒm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdɑtˌkɑm/
  • rhymes with (US) -ɑm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To convert to using or being based on e-commerce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dot + com, from the DNS suffix .com.