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URL

URL noun: a domain name. Also the initialism of Uniform Resource Locator.

url: a domain name
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Noun

URL (plural URLs)

  1. (metonymically) A domain name.
    • Google itself has even been accused of profiting from the work of cybersquatters who buy URLs that are near to famous ones, but which often get mistyped–a practice known as typosquatting.2010 September 14, Kit Eaton, “From URLs to Apple Apps: A Brief History of Cybersquatting”, in Fast Company, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2024
    • This illegal activity involves buying a URL that’s a misspelling of a popular kids site, e.g. bobthebiulder.com, and then serving hardcore porn ads.2011 June 14, Michael Agger, “Google Kids: The Sequel”, in Slate, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2019
  2. (Internet) The username associated with a Tumblr blog and typically included in its URL.

Also used as

URL is also the initialism of Uniform Resource Locator.

URL is also the initialism of unrestricted line officer.

URL is also the initialism of upper reference limit.

Examples of URL in a sentence

  • They sold about 50 of them to people who were persuaded to buy a url and a hosting package for a present instead of a traditional gift for families and friends.2012 December 31, Alyson Shontell, “Meet Page Howe, A Man Who Made Millions Selling 2 Of The World's Most Expensive Domain Names”, in...
  • Some of them appear to be simple website squatting, buying URLs in hopes that someone else will pay a premium for the real estate later […]2013 November 16, Ben Richmond, “Some of the Fraudulent Obamacare Sites Work Better Than the Real Thing”, in Motherboard, archived from the...
  • She bought a URL from GoDaddy and Defense of Democracy was born.2023 May 30, Sarah Jones, “The Revolt of the Other Mothers”, in Intelligencer, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2024:

Forms of URL

pluralURLs

Words formed from URL

Phrases with URL

Questions about URL

What does URL mean?
URL means a domain name.
How do you use URL in a sentence?
They sold about 50 of them to people who were persuaded to buy a url and a hosting package for a present instead of a traditional gift for families and friends.
What part of speech is URL?
URL is a noun.
What is the plural of URL?
The plural of URL is URLs.

Words near URL in the dictionary

  1. urkaryote
  2. urkaryotes
  3. urkas
  4. Urkowitz
  5. Urkowitzes
  6. URL
  7. URL encoding
  8. URL injection
  9. URL injections
  10. URL rot
  11. urlanguage

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: URL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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