Meaning of online dating in English:
online dating
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noun
(also internet dating)
mass nounThe practice of searching for a romantic or sexual partner on the internet, typically via a dedicated website.
‘with the rise of internet dating has come a new carelessness about dating etiquette’- ‘To be sure, some parents are still concerned with safety online or still don't know what online dating is.’
- ‘The National Association of Dating Websites will aim to portray online dating in a more favorable light.’
- ‘At the same time, the burgeoning practice of blogging is pushing online dating even further toward "informed choice."’
- ‘Online dating is going to evolve with the convergence of various technologies.’
- ‘I just saw a commercial for yet another movie with a theme centered around online dating.’
- ‘Reputation management is the next big thing in online dating, prepare for an onslaught of services catering to this niche.’
- ‘In this age of text-messages, online dating, email relationships, the very concept of the 'blind date' seems oddly antiquated.’
- ‘People seem to be tiring of online dating.’
- ‘Her mother, however, didn't give up, mentioning online dating a couple more times in passing over the summer, even offering to pay.’
- ‘With online dating, the same is true.’
- ‘Online dating is following a similar evolutionary process.’
- ‘She was furious a year and a half ago when her mom suggested she try online dating.’
- ‘Visiting a friend several weeks ago I was introduced to the American phenomenon of internet dating.’
- ‘Talking about internet dating with friends we were joking about all the cliche first date ideas.’
- ‘The situation has about it some of the dynamics of internet dating.’
- ‘Later, I get lectured that I've violated the codes of internet dating.’
- ‘Ten per cent of the 2,000 people questioned for the BT poll said they were seeing people they met through internet dating or social networking sites.’
- ‘I'm in my mid-30s and have started doing some internet dating.’
- ‘I have had plenty of relationship experience in the past but never really "dated" very actively until the advent of internet dating.’
- ‘I went out on the town, tried meeting girls at University and in the end, even tried internet dating.’
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