internet UK /ˈɪn.təˌnɛt/US /ˈɪn.(t)ɚˌnɛt/noun 5verb 3forms 3phrases 1 noun5 •the system people use to open pages, send messages and watch films, joining computers all over the world[I]f you think the Internet existed in 1970, I can only guess that the education system has left at least one child behind. — 2008 •Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol; an intranet. •Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.Do you have internet at your place? My internet is down and I want to check my email. •(Internet, humorous) A fictitious unit of scoring awarded for making outstanding posts on the internet.You win one internet. — 2011 •(Internet, humorous) The knowledge or ability to read the room, especially to avoid being politically incorrect, chiefly to make light of someone's lack of such knowledge, implied to be gained only from active use of social media."He don't got Internet y'all," one fan wrote. Another declared: "That’s it, I will no longer be listening to any YB music." — 2025 verb3 •To connect (a computer, an electronic device, etc.) into a computer network (in particular, the Internet).We are continuing our program of internetting our radar system with that of the Federal Aviation Agency. — 1966 •(Internet, informal) To use the internet; specifically, to search for information by using the internet.Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad. •(no longer used, rare) To entwine or link (several things) together, so as to form a network; to interconnect, to network.A railroad performs in a single day as much work as a ship in a whole year. This is done, too, in the midst of society, internetted among the cities, the farms, the dwellings of the people. — 1856 formsinternetted · internetting · internets Phrases with internet break the InternetTo cause a connection to the Internet, or the Internet itself, to malfunction.
