Hyperlink

Quick meaning: Hyperlink is a noun meaning (Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

Meaning

(Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.
2. (of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink.
3. To add a hyperlink to a document.
4. To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.

Example Sentences

Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.

Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.

One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.

Word Forms

• hyperlinks
• hyperlinking
• hyperlinked

Synonyms for hyperlink

Depending on context, synonyms include link.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypertext, link, section, hyperlinked, hyperlinkage, cross-link.

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