digital
Noun pluraldigitals (some meanings)
Pluraldigitals (some meanings)
- 1Connected with computers, the internet, and the online world.
She loves how the digital world keeps her connected to friends everywhere.
Most of our shopping now happens in digital stores.
UsageOften go digital.
Similarelectronic, computerized, online
Oppositeanalog
- 2Using separate numbers to show or carry information, instead of one smooth, continuous signal.
Like counting on your fingers one by one, instead of pouring water in a steady stream.
A digital clock shows the time as exact numbers, not moving hands.
Digital recordings store sound as a long string of numbers.
UsageThe opposite is analog.
Oppositeanalog
Note
- 3Electronic equipment and technology that works using computers.
The store moved most of its business to digital.
Our newsroom switched from film cameras to digital years ago.
UsageSay switch to digital.
Less common meanings
- 4Having to do with the fingers or toes, or done with a finger.
The nurse used gentle digital pressure to stop the bleeding.
Each digital bone in the hand is small and delicate.
UsageMostly a doctor's word: digital examination.
- 5Short for digital watch: a watch that shows the time as numbers instead of moving hands.
He glanced at his digital to check the time.
Her cheap digital still keeps perfect time after twenty years.
Note
- 6Short for digital art. It means pictures and other art made on a computer.
She used to paint with oils, but now she works in digital.
She does both watercolor and digital for her clients.
UsageSay work in digital.
- 7A finger, said in a joking, informal way.
- 8A money deal that pays one fixed amount if you win, or nothing at all.
- 9One of the keys you press to play a piano or organ.
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Origin
It comes from Latin digitus, meaning "finger" or "toe." In English it is like digit plus -al.
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts
- Digital derives from Latin digitus, through Latin digitālis. en.wiktionary.org
- Latin digitus means finger or toe. en.wiktionary.org
- Digital is equivalent in English to digit plus -al. en.wiktionary.org