URL

noun

ˌyü-(ˌ)är-ˈel 

ˈər(-ə)l

: the address of a resource (such as a document or website) on the Internet that consists of a communications protocol followed by the name or address of a computer on the network and that often includes additional locating information (such as directory and file names)

our site's URL is http://www.Merriam-Webster.com

called also uniform resource locator, universal resource locator

Examples of URL in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For nearly 25 years, the anonymous cyber-squatter has sat on the Slipknot URL, forcing the actual Slipknot to instead make Slipknot1.com their official website. —Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025

The album captured all of those realities, URL and IRL, and froze them in time. —Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025

But a new shingle (and URL) outside the Pentagon does not solve the fiendish challenges of running the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and Space Force. —Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025

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The open letter was posted on a website with the URL, freebenandjerrys.com. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

Open your profile and copy its URL. Visit nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Look in your browser’s address bar for a lock symbol or https before the URL. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

URL

noun

ˌyü-ˌär-ˈel 

ˈərl

: an address (as of a document or website) on the Internet

Etymology

uniform resource locator or universal resource locator