bookmark

[ book-mahrk ]

noun

1. a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
2. a bookplate.
3. Digital Technology.
   1. Also called favorite. a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the web page.
   2. an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.

verb (used with object)

1. Digital Technology. to create a bookmark for:

   I bookmarked ten of my favorite blogs.

bookmark

/ ˈbʊkˌmɑːk /

noun

1. Also calledbookmarker a strip or band of some material, such as leather or ribbon, put between the pages of a book to mark a place
2. computing
   1. an address for a website stored on a computer so that the user can easily return to the site
   2. an identifier placed in a document so that part of the document can be accessed easily

verb

1. tr computing
   1. to identify and store (a website) so that one can return to it easily
   2. to place a bookmark in (a document)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookmark¹

First recorded in 1860–65; book + mark ¹

Example Sentences

So you should opt for iOS or iPadOS if you rely on Apple apps like Pages or Numbers, you use Safari extensively on a macOS computer and want to sync your bookmarks and history to your phone, or you purchased a lot of media content from Apple.

From Popular-Science

We get it—if saving your content as bookmarks has been working for you all this time, there’s no reason to use precious bookmarks bar real estate on a feature you’re not going to use.

From Popular-Science

In Chrome, you have the ability to sign in and enable a syncing feature so that your bookmarks and your browsing history basically syncs between all the devices and computers that you have.

From Search Engine Land

The spyware can steal messages, contacts, device details, browser bookmarks and search history, record calls and ambient sound from the microphone, and take photos using the phone’s cameras.

From TechCrunch

The technique leverages the use of favicons, the tiny icons that websites display in users’ browser tabs and bookmark lists.

From Ars Technica

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the returns from Illinois—and react in real time on Twitter.

From The Daily Beast

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the returns from Alabama and Mississippi—and react in real time on Twitter.

From The Daily Beast

Bookmark this page as our political reporters watch the Super Tuesday returns—and react in real time on Twitter.

From The Daily Beast

Too disturbing to read all of a piece, better to bookmark one at a time.

From The Daily Beast

It was the 'Æneid,' and I began at your bookmark and tried to stagger through a page, but it floored me.

From Project Gutenberg

Anne read the note, kissed the bookmark, and dispatched a prompt reply back to the other side of the school.

From Project Gutenberg

Open and you have a simple openwork bookmark the little child can give father for birthday.

From Project Gutenberg

Later on Felicity told me she had worked the bookmark for him because his father used to drink before he ran away.

From Project Gutenberg

And, and,” Lucile whispered the words, “was there a bookmark in the upper corner of the inside of the front cover?

From Project Gutenberg