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US
/ˈɫɪŋk/
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[ UK /lˈɪŋk/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪŋk/ ]
VERB
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be or become joined or united or linked
The travelers linked up again at the airport
Our paths joined
The two streets connect to become a highway -
link with or as with a yoke
yoke the oxen together -
make a logical or causal connection
colligate these facts
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
I cannot relate these events at all -
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Link arms
Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
Tie the ropes together
NOUN
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a connecting shape
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a fastener that serves to join or connect
the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction - (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- the means of connection between things linked in series
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the state of being connected
the connection between church and state is inescapable -
a channel for communication between groups
he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
How To Use link In A Sentence
- I have no great picture of her to link because I am out of town in San Francisco and all the pictures I have are the naked librarian Playboy centerfolds I got in email a few days back.
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
- Alcohol abuse can be inherited but researchers had found few genes directly linked to it. The Sun
- Upper genital tract infection associated with intrauterine contraceptive devices is temporally linked to the insertion of the device.
- And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
- Vocab from The Varieties of Religious Experience aseity the property by which a being exists of and from itself; usually used in connection to God apodictic Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.concatenated To connect or link in a series or chain.decide Of course, I already knew the definition; it's hardly an unusual word. Archive 2005-08-01
- *Although the link between microorganisms and infection was yet to be established, the connection between pus—purulence—and sepsis, fever, and death, often arising from an abscess or wound, was well known to Bennett. The Emperor of All Maladies
- Trying to link things cross-departmentally is something that in my experience gets talked about a lot, but in reality rarely happens. The Audacity of Growth at Helpful Technology
- what a bally (or blinking) nuisance
