link
verb/lɪŋk/
/lɪŋk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they link | /lɪŋk/ /lɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it links | /lɪŋks/ /lɪŋks/ |
| past simple linked | /lɪŋkt/ /lɪŋkt/ |
| past participle linked | /lɪŋkt/ /lɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form linking | /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to make a physical or electronic connection between one object, machine, place, etc. and another synonym connect
- link A to B The video cameras are linked to a powerful computer.
- link A with B The Channel Tunnel links Britain with the rest of Europe.
- link A and B A pedestrian bridge links the two buildings.
- link A and B together When computers are networked, they are linked together so that information can be transferred between them.
- be linked into something The computers are linked into a network.
Extra Examples- They started electronically linking these systems via high-speed networks.
- the road that links Cairo with Alexandria
- Linking the two rooms was the perfect solution.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- intimately
- firmly
- …
- into
- to
- with
- …
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- [transitive, often passive] if something links two things, facts or situations, or they are linked, they are connected in some way
- be linked The two factors are directly linked.
- The personal and social development of the child are inextricably linked (= they depend on each other).
- to be tightly/intimately linked
- be linked to something Exposure to ultraviolet light is closely linked to skin cancer.
- be linked with something Unemployment is consistently linked with a variety of negative health effects.
- link A to/with B There was no evidence linking the men to the crime.
- link A and B What links Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde (= what is the connection between them)?
Extra Examples- Christmas will be forever linked to memories of Sam's death.
- Diseases that can be directly linked to pollution.
- I could not help feeling that these factors were somehow linked.
- The problems of the economy are intricately linked to other social issues.
- The stories are linked thematically by a number of recurring images.
- diseases that might be genetically linked
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- intimately
- firmly
- …
- into
- to
- with
- …
- [transitive, intransitive] (computing) to create a link between web pages or electronic documents
- link something I only link posts that are food-related.
- link A to B I want to link my blog to your website.
- link to something Thanks for linking to my article.
- to state or suggest that there is a connection or relationship between two things or people synonym associate
- link A to B Detectives have linked the break-in to a similar crime in the area last year.
- link A with B Newspapers have linked his name with the singer.
Extra Examples- Scientists have linked the illness to the use of pesticides.
- She has never been romantically linked with anyone.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- intimately
- firmly
- …
- into
- to
- with
- …
- link A and B to join two things by putting one through the other
- The two girls linked arms as they strolled down the street.
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’.
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