link
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A connection between places, people, events, things.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
lingkIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈlɪŋk
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The means of connection between things linked in series
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
computing
The connection between buses or systems.
One element of a chain or other connected series.
figurative
An individual person or element in a system
in the plural
The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
transitive
To connect (two or more things).
transitive
To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
transitiveslang
To meet with (someone).
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The means of connection between things linked in series
Used this way, link is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “The walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction.”noun
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
A golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Be or become joined or united or linked.
An early form of flight simulator.
Any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together.
An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
A terminal connected to a computer by a data link.
Course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule.
Traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes.
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