Link

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English

Noun

Link (plural Links)
  1. A connection between places, persons, events, or things.
    The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
  2. One element of a chain.
    The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
    The weakest link.
  3. (computing) The connection between busses or systems.
    A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
  4. (computing) Shortened form of hyperlink, especially one implemented in HTML.
    The link on the page points to the sports scores.
  5. (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
  6. (Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
    • 2008, Richard John King, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex
      They used formerly to live in caves or huts dug into the side of a bank or "link," and lined with heath or straw.
Holonyms

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Verb

Link (third-person singular simple present Links, present participle Linking, simple past and past participle Linked)

  1. (transitive) To connect two or more things.
  2. (intransitive, of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
    My homepage links to my wife's.

Derived terms

Noun

Link (plural Links)
  1. (obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

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Verb

Link (third-person singular simple present Links, present participle Linking, simple past and past participle Linked)

  1. (Scotland) To skip or trip along smartly.

Verbs for Link

cement—; dissolve—; fuse—; partition into —s; pivot on—; rend—; sever—; solder—; sunder—; terminate—; —affiliates; —allies; —bridges; —cleaves; —coincides; —com¬municates; —correlates; —facilitates; —fet¬ters; —hinges; —leagues; —shackles; — spans; —unites; —leashes.

Adverbs for Link

indissolubly; inextricably; rhythmically; inevitably; inseparably; perpetually; incessantly; slanderously; humorously; incongruously; incompatibly.

Thesaurus

accord, accouple, accumulate, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agent, agglutinate, alliance, ally, amass, ankle, appendage, apply, approximation, arm, articulate, articulation, assemblage, assemble, associate, association, band, be continuous, bind, bond, bough, boundary, bracket, branch, bridge, bridge over, broker, bunch, bunch up, butt, catenate, cement, cervix, chain, clap together, clinch, closeness, closure, clot, cluster, collect, combination, combine, come together, component, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, connect up, connectedness, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, connector, constituent, contiguity, continuate, continue, contrariety, converge, copulate, correlate, couple, coupling, cover, cresset, crowd, date, dealings, deduction, disjunction, distributor, dovetail, draw a parallel, elbow, element, embrace, encompass, equate, filiation, flambeau, flaming torch, flare, flock together, flow together, forgather, form a series, fuse, fusee, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, gliding joint, glue, go-between, hand, herd together, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hive, homology, horde, huddle, identify, identify with, imp, include, intercourse, interdependence, interface, intermediary, intermedium, interrelate, intimacy, jobber, join, joining, joint, junction, juncture, knee, knot, knuckle, lay together, league, leg, liaison, ligament, ligature, limb, link up, linkage, linking, lobe, lobule, lump together, maintain continuity, marry, marshal, mass, mediary, mediator, medium, meet, member, merge, middleman, mill, miter, mobilize, mortise, muster, mutual attraction, nearness, neck, nexus, offshoot, organ, pair, parallel, parallelize, piece together, pinion, pivot, pivot joint, propinquity, proximity, put together, rabbet, rally, rally around, ramification, rapport, relate, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relativize, rendezvous, roll into one, run on, runner, scarf, scion, seam, seethe, shoulder, signal flare, similarity, solder, span, splice, spray, sprig, spur, stick together, stitch, stream, string, string together, surge, suture, swarm, switch, sympathy, symphysis, tail, take in, tape, tendril, thread, throng, tie, tie rod, tie-in, tie-up, toggle, toggle joint, torch, twig, unify, union, unite, vinculum, wed, weld, wholesaler, wing, wrist, yoke

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English linke probably from Old Norse *hlenkr, from Proto-Germanic. Used in English since the 14th century.

Etymology 2

Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek λύχνος (lukhnos, “lamp”).

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Translations

Noun

connection
element of a chain
computing: connection between busses or systems
computing: hyperlink
mathematics: a space comprising one or more disjoint knots
a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches
The translations below need to be checked.
Translations to be checked

Verb

connect things
to contain a hyperlink to another page

Noun

torch

Verb

skip along

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

Link n. (singular definite Linket, plural indefinite Link or links)

  1. link (hyperlink)

Etymology

From English link (since 1995).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lenɡk/, [leŋɡ̊]

Synonyms

Inflection

    Inflection of Link
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Link Linket Link
links 		Linkene
genitive Links Linkets Links
links' 		Linkenes

Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

Link (comparative Linker, superlative Linkst)

  1. (criminal slang) sly; cunning
  2. dangerous
  3. (Dutch boys’ slang) jolly, nice
Declension
Declension of Link
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial Link Linker  
neuter
singular 		indefinite Link Linker
definite Linke Linkere Linkste het Linkst(e)
common singular Linke Linkere Linkste de Linkste
plural Linke Linkere Linkste de Linkste
partitive Links Linkers  


Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English link, only since late 20th century.

Noun

Link m. (plural Links, diminutive Linkje)

  1. Physical connection, as in a hardware cable.
  2. (figuratively) Logical connection, as in reasoning about causality.
  3. A hyperlink.

Synonyms

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Verb

Link

  1. first-person singular present indicative of linken
  2. Imperative of linken

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

German

Adjective

Link

  1. left
  2. sly; cunning.
  3. dangerous.

Pronunciation

Hungarian

Noun

Link (plural Linkek)

  1. link, hyperlink

Etymology

From English link.

Italian

Noun

Link m. inv.

  1. (computing) link (hyperlink)

Etymology

From English link.

Synonyms

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Lithuanian

Preposition

lĩnk

  1. toward (used with genitive case)

Pronunciation

Polish

Noun

Link m.

  1. link, hyperlink

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [lʲĩŋk]

Declension

    declension of Link
singular plural
nominative link linki
genitive linku linków
dative linkowi linkom
accusative link linki
instrumental linkiem linkami
locative linku linkach
vocative linku linki

Synonyms

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