FACEBOOK Definition & Meaning

Facebook

[ feys-book ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Trademark.

a brand name for a social media service and website, launched in 2004.

verb (used with object)

to communicate with (a person) or search for information about (a person) by using Facebook:
My old girlfriend just facebooked me.
His future employer Facebooked him and decided to withdraw the job offer.
to post on Facebook:
I facebooked some photos of my cat.
You should Facebook the event so more people will show up.

verb (used without object)

to use Facebook:
Does your mom Facebook?

Facebook

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noun

a popular social networking website

verb

tr; sometimes not capital to search for (a person's profile) on the Facebook website

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Spelling Note

The official trademarked name of the social media platform and website is now styled in all capital letters “FACEBOOK,” though prior to 2020 the trademarked style was “facebook,” in all lowercase letters. Formal writing—as exemplified by most news and book publishers—treats such names as regular proper nouns, in this case “Facebook,” using an initial capital letter, but not all caps. However, when a trade name begins with a lowercase letter followed by an uppercase one, such as eBay or iPad, this spelling is retained, even at the beginning of a sentence.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Facebook¹

First recorded in 2000–05; from facebook, a college student directory with personal photos and basic information

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Example Sentences

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A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook.

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The workers soon recovered a small safe and the gold coins inside it, delivering the bounty to the beaming homeowner, a moment captured in a Facebook video.

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To get your fill of trade-related chuckles these days, there’s a much more reliable, if unexpected, source: the official Facebook page of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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