blog

The word “blog” means a regularly updated website or online journal where a person or organisation shares posts, opinions, or updates. In plain terms, a regularly updated online journal or article feed, or the act of writing for one.

“Blog” is pronounced blog (/blɑɡ/ in IPA).

Here is “blog” used in a sentence: “She started a food blog to share her recipes.”

Depending on how it is used, “blog” can be a noun and a verb.

The word “blog” dates back to around 1999. A shortening of weblog, itself a compound of web and log; the clipped form "blog" was coined in 1999 and quickly overtook the original term.

“Blog” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Blog” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a regularly updated website or online journal where a person or organisation shares posts, opinions, or updates.

A website is any collection of pages online. A blog is a particular kind of website, or a section within one, built around posts that are updated regularly and shown newest first, usually in a personal or informal voice. Every blog is a website, but most websites — shops, company pages — are not blogs.

The difference is the medium. A blog shares its posts in writing, often with photos. A vlog — short for 'video blog' — delivers the same kind of regular, personal updates in video form instead. The style and voice are much alike; one is read, the other watched.

'Blog' is a shortening of 'weblog,' a term from the late 1990s combining 'web' with 'log,' meaning a running record kept over time. The clipped form 'blog' caught on in the early 2000s and quickly became both a noun for the site and a verb for the act of posting to one.

Blogs cover almost any subject. Common types include personal or lifestyle blogs, business and company blogs, news and commentary blogs, and niche blogs devoted to a single interest such as travel, food, fashion, technology or parenting. Some are run by one writer, others by whole teams or organisations.