D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

online

· on·line · IPA /ˈɑnlaɪn/
01 adj. connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.
  1. 1.
    connected by a communications line to a computer. Opposite of off-line.(Computers)
  2. 2.
    being in progress now; ongoing; as, on-line editorial projects.[prenominal]
Syn. online, on line(predicate). — Syn. -- in progress(predicate), ongoing, on line(predicate).