Link
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪŋk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Link is a noun meaning A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
Meaning
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
More Meanings
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
Example Sentences
The weakest link.
A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
The link on the page points to the sports scores.
The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
Word Forms
- links
- linking
- linked
Synonyms for link
Depending on context, synonyms include connection, band, bond, nexus, tie, vinculum.
Antonyms for link
Common opposites include break, gap, disjunction, disconnection, disconnect, dissociate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include connection, nexus, connexion, connectedness, connect, tie-in.
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