link en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈleɪ̯ŋk] æ-raising
- /ˈlɛ̃ŋk/ æ-raising
- [ˈliŋk] ~ [ˈlɪ̝ŋk] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada
- /ˈleɪ̯ŋk/ æ-raising
- [ˈlɛ̃ŋk] æ-raising
- [ˈlɪŋk]
- /ˈliŋk/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada
- /ˈlæŋk/ without æ-raising
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈlɪŋk/
- [ˈlæŋk] without æ-raising
Etymology
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank. Cognates Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).
Meanings
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A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
The link of brotherhood, by which / One common Maker bound me to the kind.
1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:And so by double lynkes enchaynde themselues in louers life
1573, George Gascoigne, A Hundreth Sundry Flowres:The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
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One element of a chain or other connected series.
The weakest link.
The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of hyperlink.
alt of hyperlink
The link on the page points to the sports scores.
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The connection between buses or systems.
A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
- A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
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(qualifier:Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
They used formerly to live in caves or huts dug into the side of a bank or "link," and lined with heath or straw.
2008, Richard John King, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex:
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(figuratively) An individual person or element in a system.
“[…] This is so that nobody can change the way every link must talk about the formula that I taught to make a real Chain of Universal Love and not a Chain of Love of a group or sect.”
2010, Stephen Fairweather, The Missing Book of Genesis, AuthorHouse, page 219:The fuse is the weakest link in the system. As such, the fuse is also the most valuable link in the system.
2010, William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler, Universal Principles of Design, RockPort, page 262:But know that God is the strongest link.
2010, James O. Young, My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry, AuthorHouse, page 32:
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Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
a link of horsehair
1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
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(in-plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
'Dame Foljambe,' said the old man, 'the march of thy tale is like the course of the Wye, seventeen miles of links and windings down a fair valley five miles long. […]'
1822, Allan Cunningham, “The King of the Peak”, in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, volume 1, page 222:
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An introductory cue.
Too much talk on a music-based station can cause listeners who tune in for the music to go elsewhere. […] 'Some people will say “your link has to be 45 seconds long” but I don't do that,' explains the programme controller of Trent FM, Dick Stone.
2002, Carole Fleming, The Radio Handbook, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| links | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
cannot-link · Centrelink · link juice · external link · quick link · link topology · link-up · permissive-action link · videolink · symbolic link · link-dead · must-link · outlink · missing link · link boy · downlink · linklog · hot link · causal link · Harbor Link · dancing links · link exchange · uplink · link whore · cross-link · dead link · linkrot · multilink · coat link · comm link · bloodlink · linklike · link-baiting · cuff link · sea link · link spam · link whoring · internal link · commlink · sneaky link · linkware · weakest link · Whitehead link · link verb · text link · chainlink · link rot · cufflink · fat link · drawlink · link state · otherlink · a chain is only as strong as its weakest link · datalink · satellite link · link bait · link language · stronglink · link doping · sleeve-link · weaklink · interlink · Brunnian link · drink link · linktree · link rat · soul link · firm link · link building · link bar · sublink · link time · linkback · wikilink · linkwork · link editor · linky · sock link · hotlink · linkless · weblink · redlink · draglink · Soul Link · linkification · snap-link · pretzel link · magnet link · inlink · disintegrating link · linkfest · magic link · linkspan · Hopf link · link-language · link worker · linkify · linkful · red link · clean link · linklist · association link · hard link · piped link · link motion · airlink · neurolink · linkage · forward link · slitherlink · linkway · link farm · soft link · weak link · link-bait · linkup · dynamic-link library · reverse link · linkpost · blue link
Descendants
линк · link · лінк · לינק · линк · לינק · link · लिंक · link · link · link · 링크 · link · link · link · link · линк · link · ลิงก์ · link · link · Link · link · лінк · リンク · link · link · ლინკი · لینک · link · 拎 · linkki · link · линк
Holonyms
chain (element of a connected series)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
symlink · dangling link · sausage link · obligation · alliance · dependence · reliance · duty · surface link · deep link · coalition · missing link · debt · permalink · chain-link · backlink · hyperlink
Relateds
Synonyms
nexus · tie · band · bond · link · connection (connection between things) · vinculum
Translations (300)
fi mutka (windings of a river; the land along a winding stream) · ru ссы́лка (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · io ligilo (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg свръ́зка (connection) · hu kapcsolat (connection) · fy keppeling (connection) · az əlaqə (connection) · nrf lian (connection) · uk ла́нка (element of a chain) · alt канат (element of a chain) · mi taukaea (connection) · de Koppel (kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained) · sv anknytning (connection) · fr chaînon (element of a chain) · de Verknüpfung (computing: connection between buses or systems) · nl link (computing: connection between buses or systems) · he קֶשֶׁר (connection) · fa-ira پِیْوَنْد (computing: connection between buses or systems) · pl hiperłącze (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Hyperlink (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · io hiperligilo (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg съедине́ние (connection) · bg шарни́р (engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion) · nl koppeling (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sv led (element of a chain) · ia anello (element of a chain) · de Verweis (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · es enlace (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · uk зв'язо́к (connection) · fi lenkki (surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain) · id pranala (connection) · os ӕрвитӕн (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fa-ira لینْک (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · cs link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pl ogniwo (element of a chain) · lad atadijo (connection) · tr bağ (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · is tengsl (connection) · de Bindigkeit (chemistry: bond of affinity) · be су́вязь (connection) · pt ligação (computing: connection between buses or systems) · ca link (computing: connection between buses or systems) · cs spojení (connection) · rif asɣun (element of a chain) · th ลิงก์ (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · uk лінк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · da forbindelse (computing: connection between buses or systems) · mk линк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · vi liên kết (connection) · lv saite (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · vi kết nối (computing: connection between buses or systems) · lad atamiento (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg звено́ (element of a chain) · nrf lian (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · hu láncszem (element of a chain) · fi lenkki (anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain) · gl ligazón (connection) · ru соедине́ние (connection) · ja 連結 (connection) · fy keppeling (element of a chain) · ms pautan (connection) · lv posms (element of a chain) · sl člen (element of a chain) · sk článok (element of a chain) · fi kanki (engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion) · ro hyperlink (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · jv pranala (connection) · ru связь (connection) · uk посила́ння (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · az keçid (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · kea élu (connection) · gl malla (element of a chain) · eo ligaĵo (element of a chain) · wa hårdêye (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ru линк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ru шарни́р (engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion) · uk з'є́днання (computing: connection between buses or systems) · acw رَابِط (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pl link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fa-ira اِتِّصال (computing: connection between buses or systems) · sh беочуг (element of a chain) · ar وَصْلَة (element of a chain) · fr connexion (connection) · ky шилтеме (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · he קישור \ קִשּׁוּר (connection) · cmn 連結 /连结 (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fr hyperlien (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · es enlace (connection) · ota باقلا (element of a chain) · sk link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sl povezava (connection) · mk врска (computing: connection between buses or systems) · fr lien (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · yi לינק (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · eo ligo (connection) · da led (element of a chain) · sh vȅza (connection) · nl verbinding (connection) · nrf lian (element of a chain) · mk поврзница (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · nl verbinding (computing: connection between buses or systems) · nl verwijzing (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fr maillon (element of a chain) · bg кули́са (kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained) · it connessione (connection) · et link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · eo ĉenero (element of a chain) · th ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fi linkki (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · wa loyén (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg връ́зка (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sh vȅza (chemistry: bond of affinity) · lad atamiento (connection) · tr link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Glied (individual person or element in a system) · de Verschlingung (mathematics: space comprising one or more disjoint knots) · ro legătură (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fr lien (connection) · ru гиперссы́лка (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Getriebeglied (kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained) · mk врска (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · it collegamento (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ltg puosmys (element of a chain) · pt ligação (connection) · it link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg хипервръ́зка (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · vi đường dẫn (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · cs článek (element of a chain) · hu kapcsolódás (connection) · nb forbindelse (connection) · ko 련결 (connection) · de Verbindung (connection) · ms pautan (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sk spojenie (connection) · ar وَصْلَة (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · nl link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ca baula (element of a chain) · es vínculo (computing: connection between buses or systems) · et ühendus (connection) · sv hyperlänk (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · bg връ́зка (chemistry: bond of affinity) · sv länk (element of a chain) · es vínculo (connection) · be злучэ́ньне (connection) · fi lenkki (element of a chain) · ka ბმული (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · nl schakel (element of a chain) · nb ledd (element of a chain) · fa-ira پِیْوَنْد (connection) · fr lien hypertexte (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fi linkki (connection) · sq tejlidhje (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · gl vínculo (connection) · it lega (connection) · ko 고리 (element of a chain) · id tautan (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · be спасы́лка (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ru связь (chemistry: bond of affinity) · de Wildnisstreifen (thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches) · sh pòveznica (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ca enllaç (computing: connection between buses or systems) · ia ligamine (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ka კავშირი (connection) · it collegamento (connection) · rup ligãturã (connection) · es lazo (connection) · be злучэ́нне (connection) · nl link (element of a chain) · vi liên kết (computing: connection between buses or systems) · pt hiperligação (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Glied (element of a chain) · sk odkaz (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sl zveza (connection) · sh ве̏за (chemistry: bond of affinity) · mi rīki (surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain) · uk з'є́днання (connection) · de Verknüpfung (element of a chain) · hi लिंक (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ro verigă (element of a chain) · ca enllaç (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pl więź (connection) · ca vincle (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ar وَصْلَة (connection) · sq lidhje (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ltg trūps (element of a chain) · vi liên kết (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ota حلقه (element of a chain) · tg пайванд (connection) · crh bağlantı (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ca lligam (connection) · hu hivatkozás (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sh ли̏нк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · mi hononga (connection) · io ligilo (computing: connection between buses or systems) · cs odkaz (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · cmn 連結 /连结 (element of a chain) · sv länk (connection) · ca lligam (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fa-ira پِیْوَنْد (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · it rapporto (connection) · ur رَبْط (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pl odsyłacz (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · az halqa (element of a chain) · ja リンク (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sl povezava (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · be звяно́ (element of a chain) · ru звено́ (element of a chain) · ga lúb (element of a chain) · ca vincle (connection) · fa-ira حَلْقِه (element of a chain) · fi sidos (chemistry: bond of affinity) · sh ве̏за (connection) · nl link (connection) · da link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · gl elo (element of a chain) · it maglia (element of a chain) · pl łącze (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · gl ligazón (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Kettenglied (0.201168 m) (surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain) · lt ryšys (connection) · la vinculum (connection) · pt vínculo (connection) · th ลูกโซ่ (element of a chain) · lt saitas (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ko 링크 (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · el σύνδεσμος (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · lv saikne (connection) · ia link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · mk алка (element of a chain) · cmn 鏈接 /链接 (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · fy ferbining (connection) · gl grilón (element of a chain) · pt ligação (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Koppelstange (kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained) · gl hiperligazón (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · gl ligazón (computing: connection between buses or systems) · bg линк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Verkettung (mathematics: space comprising one or more disjoint knots) · da link (computing: connection between buses or systems) · ga nasc (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pl odnośnik (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · hy հղում (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · el υπερσύνδεσμος (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · mk хиперврска (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · es enlace (computing: connection between buses or systems) · sh ка̀рика (element of a chain) · cs propojení (connection) · fi lenkki (individual person or element in a system) · txb meske (connection) · ky канат (element of a chain) · pt elo (element of a chain) · hy օղակ (element of a chain) · da forbindelse (connection) · ru связь (computing: connection between buses or systems) · sv länk (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · az link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · id pranala (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · it connessione (computing: connection between buses or systems) · pl łącznik (connection) · is hlekkur (element of a chain) · fi yhteys (connection) · kix já (element of a chain) · yi פֿאַרבינדונג (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · es eslabón (element of a chain) · sh veza (chemistry: bond of affinity) · he קישור \ קִשּׁוּר m לִינְק (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sh по̀везница (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · hy կապ (connection) · ka ლინკი (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · ro legătură (connection) · ro za (element of a chain) · eo ligilo (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · pt link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · be лінк (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · nl schalm (element of a chain) · ar رَابِط (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · de Schlingen (windings of a river; the land along a winding stream) · sh beočug (element of a chain) · sh kàrika (element of a chain) · kix já (connection) · mi rīki (element of a chain) · it anello (element of a chain) · io ligilo (connection) · fi kiertokanki (engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion) · nb lenke (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · cmn 連結 /连结 (connection) · nl koppeling (connection) · he חוליה \ חֻלְיָה (element of a chain) · fi sidos (connection) · es vínculo (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · dsb link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · sk prepojenie (connection) · ko 연결 (connection) · mk врска (connection) · fr rapport (connection) · it legame (connection) · sh lȉnk (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink) · nl relatie (connection) · hu link (computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink)