- a connection between two or more people or things
- link between A and B Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.
- There is evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
- to establish/find a link
- link with somebody/something These photographs are a direct link with the past.
- link to somebody/something Many of them had no previous links to terrorism.
Extra Examples- Her work explores the links between violence and gender relations.
- Studies haven't proven a link between sugar and hyperactivity.
- The author denies the link between capitalism and fascism.
- The statistics show a clear link between social class and crime.
- The study suggests a strong link between workplace culture and a business's financial performance.
- There is no link to an increase in cases of the disease.
- This provided a key conceptual link with earlier theories.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- tight
- inextricable
- …
- have
- build
- create
- …
- connect something
- exist
- road
- link across
- link between
- link in
- …
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- a relationship between two or more people, countries or organizations
- link with somebody/something to establish trade links with Asia
- Producers are forging direct links with consumers.
- The department tries to maintain close links with industry.
- link between A and B Social workers provide a vital link between hospital and community.
- The agreement will strengthen the links between the two countries.
Extra Examples- ER & C has strong links with our company.
- She has severed her last links with her family.
- The college is anxious to build links with local industries.
- her alleged links to a violent separatist group.
- The department is interested in developing closer links with industry.
- Social customs provide a vital link between generations.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- tight
- inextricable
- …
- have
- build
- create
- …
- connect something
- exist
- road
- link across
- link between
- link in
- …
- a means of travelling or communicating between two places
- a high-speed rail link
- a video link
- link between A and B The canal was an important transport link between England and Wales.
- link to something The driver has a radio link to base.
- link via something We're trying to establish a link via satellite.
- via a link The speech was broadcast via a satellite link.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- audio
- video
- radio
- …
- have
- establish
- lose
- …
- via a/the link
- link to
- link via
- …
- (also hotlink, hyperlink)(computing) a place in an electronic document that is connected to another electronic document or to another part of the same document
- You can find all the details by clicking this link.
- Follow the links to watch our exclusive trailer.
- link to something I've posted a link to the article, for those who are interested.
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta2- I'll send you the link by email.
- The program checks links to all pages on this and external sites.
- You'll find some useful links on the first couple of pages.
- To visit similar websites to this one, click on the links at the bottom of the page.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- embedded
- hypertext
- Internet
- …
- have
- add
- build
- …
- lead to something
- point to something
- work
- …
- link to
- each ring of a chain
- The chain was too long so I removed a few of the links.
- (also link sausage, sausage link)(all especially North American English) a chain of long thin sausages; an individual long thin sausage
- You need four Italian sausage links.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense a loop; also as a verb in the sense ‘connect physically’): from Old Norse hlekkr, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelenk ‘joint’.
Idioms
See link in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee link in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha link in the chain
- one of the stages in a process or a line of argument
- Food production, processing and marketing are different links in the chain from farmer to consumer.
- Death is the last link in the chain.
the weak link (in the chain)
- the point at which a system or an organization is most likely to fail
- She went straight for the one weak link in the chain of his argument.
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