Alternative Spelling guide

WWW

name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː ˈdʌ.bəl.juː/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-US: /ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə ˈdʌ.bjə/
  • Southern-US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, New-Zealand: /ˈdʌb ˈdʌb ˈdʌb/ variant or rapid speech in US
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: [dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.ɥʊ̆.dʌ.blju] variant or rapid speech
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of World Wide Web.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of World Wide Web Consortium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of WWW when used as a high-level qualifier in a website address

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: World Wide Web, web

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer network

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 萬維網 /万维网 (wànwéiwǎng) — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Esperanto: TTT — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Finnish: www — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • French: WWW — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Indonesian: WWW — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Latin: TTT — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Māori: TAW (Tukutuku Ao Whānui) — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Polish: WWW — World Wide Web (abbreviation)
  • Portuguese: WWW — World Wide Web (abbreviation)