webchatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

web +‎ chat

名詞

webchat (複数形 webchats)

1. A conversation that takes place, usually in text, over the World Wide Web.
   • 1998, Aliza Sherman, Cybergrrl!: a woman's guide to the World Wide Web

     Some webchats that deliver a real-time feeling require […] plug-ins, which are mini-software programs that you need to download from the Web onto your computer so your Web browser can launch into chat […]

   • 2007, Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson, An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence (page 216)

     Avon and Somerset Constabulary Interactive webchat (9 February 2007)

動詞

webchat (三人称単数 現在形 webchats, 現在分詞 webchatting, 過去形および過去分詞形 webchatted)

1. (intransitive) To take part in such a conversation.
   • 2005, Odebrecht Informa (issues 116-121, page 39)

     This was the case with Antonio Rodolfo Junior, Braskem's PVC Products and Services Manager, who spent nearly an hour every evening webchatting with his wife and two children, aged 4 and 6, back in Sao Paulo.

アナグラム

• bewatch

名詞

web chat (複数形 web chats)

1. Alternative form of webchat.