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URL

URL

94 2.8
An internet address that tells where to find a web page or file
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːˌɑːrˈɛl/
  • Texting
translation icon : URL
  • Make sure to copy the URL if you want to share the webpage with others.
  • web URL
  • web page URL
  • website URL

I think owning your URL is totally legit.

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Examples

  • You can find the URL for the online resource in the email I sent you.

  • Make sure to use our URL so they know we sent you.

  • Tip: To share a word list with your students, give them the unique URL for the list.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Exhibit I provides a set of related URLs and educational resources for further reference.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The emailed letters of consent included the URL link to the surveys.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The announcement and email asked students to click on a URL to fill in the web-based survey questionnaire.

    Academic text (2011)

  • An address typed into a web browser is the URL, or uniform resource locator.

    Academic text (1997)

  • To access the website, simply enter the URL into your browser's address bar.

Synonyms

link
vsURL
  • Texting
451 2.7

A part of a web page that opens another page or file

is an address used directly to access a resource rather than a page element
URI
vsURL
  • Texting
9 5.9

A web address that shows where a webpage or file is

is a narrower form that functions as an access address to reach content
uniform resource locator
vsURL
  • Texting
1 3.8

An address you type or click to open a page on the internet

is the same technical phrase often shortened in everyday writing
universal resource locator
vsURL
  • Texting
4.2

A web address you type into a browser to open a page or file

is the familiar expanded phrase for the same abbreviated technical term

Compounds

long URL
  • Texting
4.2

A web address with many characters that is hard to share

Surface Forms

URL singular
URLs plural

Morphology

URL = uniform + resource + locator (opaque) = U + R + L

An initialism formed from the initial letters of three words; the letters themselves do not transparently convey the meaning unless the expansion is known.

Etymology

URL comes from the three words Uniform Resource Locator, where Uniform means 'the same', Resource means 'a thing you can use', and Locator comes from locate meaning 'to find a place'. So, a URL is a standard address that points to where a web page or file is located on the Internet.