Link Definition

lĭngk
linked, linking, links
noun
links
Any of the series of rings or loops making up a chain.
Webster's New World
Any section of a chainlike series.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A unit in a transportation or communications system.
American Heritage
Anything serving to connect or tie.
A link with the past.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
linked, linking, links

To connect two or more things.

Wiktionary
To join together with or as with a link or links.
Webster's New World
To connect, relate, or associate.
Linked the suspect to the crime.
American Heritage
To make or have a link to (another webpage or electronic document).
The blog links important news stories from across the web.
American Heritage
To make a link in (a webpage or electronic document).
The teacher linked the class website to an online map.
American Heritage
pronoun

(rare) A diminutive of the male given name Lincoln.

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Other Word Forms of Link

Noun

Singular:
link
Plural:
links

Origin of Link

  • Possibly from Medieval Latin linchinus, lichnus candle from Latin lychnus from Greek lukhnos lamp leuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English linke of Scandinavian origin Old Norse hlekkr, *hlenkr from hlenkr

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown.

    From Wiktionary

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