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web address

American  
Or Web address

noun

  1. Computers. URL.


web address British  

noun

  1. computing another name for URL

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Web address Cultural  
  1. The location on the Internet of a certain company, server, or file. (See URL.)


Etymology

Origin of web address

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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From his office computer in California, he went to deepseek.com—the same web address his friend in China had used—pasted in the rebuttal, and asked the bot to verify each claim.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A good sign is if it the web address ends with .pharmacy.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

These scams copy the retailer’s web address and site layout and install malware on a victim’s device.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

But a flaw in how X displays some links meant the full web address had been truncated to https://t.me/securelycont - an unused Telegram username.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

I quickly type in the web address for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that’s listed on the board.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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