单词	link
释义	link1 verblink2 noun linklink1 /lɪŋk/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL verb Entry menu MENU FOR linklink1 be linked2 make connection3 join4 show connection5 make something depend on something6 connect equipment7 InternetPhrasal verbslink inlink up Verb Table VERB TABLE link Simple Form Present I, you, we, they link he, she, it links Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they linked Present perfect I, you, we, they have linked he, she, it has linked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had linked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will link Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have linked Continuous Form Present I am linking he, she, it is linking you, we, they are linking Past I, he, she, it was linking you, we, they were linking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been linking he, she, it has been linking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been linking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be linking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been linking Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES All the PCs in the office are linked to a main server. An intense concern for human rights links the two poets. Batangas and Puerto Galera are linked by a ferry service which runs twice daily. For centuries farmers have linked the behavior of animals and plants to changes in the weather. His name has been linked with several famous actresses since he and his wife separated last year. Interstate 5 links San Diego and Los Angeles. Police are linking the availability of alcohol and a recent rise in the number of teenage arrests. The Brooklyn Bridge links Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Channel Tunnel has linked Britain with mainland Europe for the first time. The college provides technology to all faculty members and students to link them to the Internet. The health department has linked several cases of food poisoning with contaminated shellfish. The two TV stations are linked by satellite. There's a fault in the wire that links the printer with the computer. There is an underwater telephone cable linking the two islands. They are planning a new high-speed railway to link the two capitals. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A private television circuit will link Clinton with his questioners. Busy traffic very soon humanized these inland seas, linking their coasts, their civilizations and their history. GISs allow geographically oriented information about disease distribution and occurrence to be visually and analytically linked to images of the environment. It is also linked to Lotus, so that information needs can be addressed in different formats. Nigel Clough was instructed to link in attack with Shearer. Smoking takes place in a smoke house which is linked by a pipe to a firebox. State and Campus Networks State and campus networks link into regional networks. This is closely linked to their passivity: it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world. Thesaurus THESAURUSto join things together► join to make two things come together and stay in that position. Join is used about fixing two things together permanently, so that they form a single thing: · Doctors used a metal rod to join the two pieces of bone together. ► attach to join one thing to another, so that it stays in position. Attach is often used when you can separate the two things later: · She attached the photo to the letter with a paper clip.· The boards are attached with nails.· On the wall, attached with adhesive tape, was a New York City subway map. ► connect (also connect up) to join pieces of equipment together, especially with a wire or pipe, so that electricity, gas, water etc can pass from one to another: · Have you connected up the speakers to the stereo?· The hoses that connect the radiator to the engine are leaking. ► link (also link up) to connect machines, systems, computers etc, so that electronic signals can pass from one to another: · All the office PCs are linked to the main server. Longman Language Activatorto say, believe, or prove that there is a connection between two facts, events, or people► link to say or believe that there is a connection between two things, even though the connection may not be easy to see or prove: link something and something: · Police are linking the availability of alcohol and a recent rise in the number of teenage arrests.link somebody/something with somebody/something: · His name has been linked with several famous actresses since he and his wife separated last year.· The health department has linked several cases of food poisoning with contaminated shellfish.link something to something: · For centuries farmers have linked the behavior of animals and plants to changes in the weather. ► associate if you associate something with something else, the two things are always connected in your mind: associate something with something: · Shoppers tend to associate certain brand names with high quality.· People associate the old days with good times, and seem to forget the hardship they endured.associate something and something: · I've always associated the smell of paint and my first grade art class. ► make a connection to realize that two things are connected: · At least 24 women who took the diet pills developed heart disease before doctors made the connection.make a connection between: · Young children quickly make a connection between the pictures in books and the real objects they see. ► establish a link to prove or discover that something is connected with something else: establish a link between: · Police have so far failed to establish a link between the two murders.· Sir Austin Bradford Hill led one of the first research teams to establish a link between smoking and lung cancer. to be connected with a fact, event, idea etc► be connected/be related if two things are connected or related , there is a relationship between them: · It seems likely that the western diet and high levels of heart disease are connected.· It's fairly obvious that pollution and heavy car use are related.be connected with something: · Changes in moral values tend to be connected with changes in a society's economic standing.· The most common illnesses among VDU operators are connected with the eyes and vision.be closely connected/related: · Diet and exercise are closely connected with overall health.· Studies suggest that cigarette advertising is closely related to adolescents' smoking behavior.be related to something: · Each country has its own problems, which are related to its economic and political position.· Families reported widespread hardship directly related to absentee or alcoholic fathers.related issues/problems etc: · Leaders will meet to discuss the debt crisis, investment and other related issues. ► be linked if two things are linked , one affects or causes the other, although the connection is not always easy to see and cannot always be proved: · Drug dealing and prostitution are often linked.be linked with/to: · Aluminium in water is now being linked with premature ageing. ► associated problems that are associated with a particular situation or event, are likely to happen because of it: · The group tours schools, talking to kids about drug abuse and its associated problems.· I was warned by the doctor about the associated side effects of the new treatment.be associated with something: · Low educational achievement is strongly associated with poverty and disadvantage. ► have/be something to do with especially spoken to be connected in a way that you do not understand clearly: · I don't know much about his job, but it has something to do with finance.· "What's wrong with your car?" "I'm not sure. I think it's something to do with the starter motor." ► be bound up with/go hand in hand especially British if something is bound up with or goes hand in hand with something else, the two things are very closely connected and need to be considered together: · His problems are all bound up with his relationship with his parents.· In most societies, wealth and power go hand in hand.· According to Marx, the decline of feudalism was bound up with the growth of towns in the twelfth century.go hand in hand with something: · Scientists have noticed that climate changes seem to go hand in hand with sea-level changes. to be connected with an organization► be connected with · She's not a professor but she's connected with the university in some way.· Senators are demanding to know whether the vice-president is in any way connected with the arms suppliers. ► have links/connections with to have a relationship with an organization, group, or country: · He is believed to have connections with extremist fundamentalist groups.have close links/connections with something: · South Korea continues to have close military links with the US.sever/cut/break off links with something (=end your relationship with them): · Lipman called for the U.S. to sever links with countries known to support terrorists. ► be linked with to be connected with an organization, activity or event - use this especially when you do not approve of the connection: · Police are still saying the Mafia may be linked with the shooting. when a wire, pipe etc goes between two things so that they are joined► connect if something such as a wire or pipe connects two things, it goes between them, especially so that something can get from one to the other: connect something to something: · The hoses which connect the radiator to the engine are leaking.· The umbilical cord connects the baby to the placenta.connect something with something: · Home workers are connected with the office by the Internet.connect something and something: · Jennings has twisted the ligaments which connect the knee-cap and the lower part of the leg. ► link if a wire links two machines or places, it connects them: · There is an underwater telephone cable linking the two islands.link something with something: · There's a fault in the wire that links the printer with the computer. ► connection a wire or piece of metal that joins two parts of a machine or electrical system: · Carefully check all the electrical connections.loose connection (=one that is not joined properly): · There must be a loose connection somewhere - the phone isn't working. when something joins one place with another► connect : connect something with something · The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County.connect something and something · The government was planning a new railway connecting Marseille and Paris.be connected by something · The two lakes are connected by a narrow canal. ► link if a bridge, road, railway or an air service links one place with another, it joins them together so that people can travel easily from one place to another: · They are planning a new high-speed railway to link the two capitals.· Batangas and Puerto Galera are linked by a ferry service which runs twice daily.link something with something: · The Channel Tunnel has linked Britain with mainland Europe for the first time.link something and something: · Interstate 5 links San Diego and Los Angeles. ► link something that joins two places that are far apart, so that people can travel between them or communicate between them: · The two TV stations are joined by a satellite link.link between: · Rebels bombed the Beira railroad, a vital link between the capital and the port.· a telephone link between the two presidents to join two things together with wire, glue etc► join to join two things together, for example by using glue or a piece of wood or metal: · Join the two pieces of wood using a strong glue.join something together: · Doctors had to use a metal rod to join the two pieces of bone together.· Join the sleeve and the shoulder parts together. ► attach to join one thing to another, so that it stays in position but can be removed later: attach something to something: · It took a couple of minutes to attach the trailer to the back of the truck.· The doctor attached a tiny monitor to the baby's head.be attached to something: · The references and diagrams were attached to the document. ► fix especially British to join one thing firmly to another, using screws, nails, or glue, so that it stays there permanently: be fixed to something: · The chairs and tables were fixed to the floor.fix something to something: · They disconnected the gas, and fixed the water heater to an outside wall. ► fasten to fix one thing firmly to another, using string, wire, or tape, in a way that makes it easy to remove later: fasten something to something: · Claire carefully fastened the brooch to her dress.be fastened to something: · Snowflake ornaments and tiny red ribbons were fastened to the Christmas tree. ► connect to join two pieces of equipment together with a wire or a pipe, so that electricity, water, gas etc can pass from one to the other: connect something to something: · Have you connected the speakers to the amplifier?be connected to something: · The scanner is connected to a computer that prints the name and price of each grocery item at the checkout. ► link to connect two computers, machines, or systems so that electronic signals can pass from one to the other: · The two TV stations are linked by satellite.link something to something: · The college provides technology to all faculty members and students to link them to the Internet.be linked to something: · All the PCs in the office are linked to a main server. WORD SETS► Computers access, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► be closely/directly/strongly etc linked  Our economy is inextricably linked with America’s. ► linking arms  He walked with her, linking arms (=putting his arm around her arm). COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bridge links something to/with something · There's a road bridge linking the site with Stockton town centre. ► causal relationship/link/factor etc  a causal relationship between unemployment and crime ► a direct link/connection · The campaign makes a direct link between global warming and the consumption of energy in the home. ► establish relations/links/contact etc (with somebody)  Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me. ► forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with somebody)  In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France. The two women had forged a close bond. Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music. ► a rail link (=that makes train travel between two places possible)· He proposed building a high-speed rail link between the two airports. ► sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between somebody)  The two countries severed diplomatic relations. She had severed all contact with her ex-husband. ► strengthen ties/bonds/links · He wants to strengthen ties with the West. ► tenuous link/connection etc  The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement. The link between her family and the King’s is rather tenuous. ► transport links · The region has good transport links to the capital. ► a linking verb (also copula) (=a verb that connects the subject of a sentence with a word that describes the subject, for example 'seem' in the sentence 'the house seems big') ► a link to a website (=something on one website that takes you to another website)· His home page has a link to the website. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► closely · This is closely linked to their passivity: it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world.· Two closely linked factors produced this result.· Social mobility, therefore, is again closely linked to spatial mobility.· In that way, too, they were closely linked together; they were both suffering gods.· Our integrity as researchers and the integrity of our research are closely linked.· It was not unlikely that they were closely linked, or even identical, with the forces of gravity and of electromagnetism.· Within linguistics, then, as we have seen within other disciplines, these two concepts are closely linked.· The development of Confucianism was closely linked with the teaching of the educated classes. ► directly · Subsistence crises ceased after the 1850s and their disappearance can be linked directly with the rise of the railways.· The second phase also provides upgraded services for 200 to 300 research facilities directly linked to this backbone.· The collapse was not directly linked to the motor car side, but it threatened the cars' future.· Dialogue also gives readers an interesting-sounding, firsthand account of information directly linked to your subject.· The brick-making operations were often directly linked with the railway, as for instance at Whittlesea, near Peterborough.· Some of the trips, like the trip to Walden Pond described earlier, are directly linked to academics.· Needless to say you can link directly to the vendor's Web site from the listings.· From the 1930s, the clearing banks directly linked their interest rates to Bank Rate. ► inextricably · As young models, Liz and Vanessa become friends and then rivals, their lives linked inextricably over the years.· Self-constituting activity is inextricably linked with meaning-producing activity 4.· The representation of syntactic information in the lexicon is inextricably linked with the grammar being used.· It is then that the questions of who and what we are become inextricably linked with those about the nature of reality.· The end product of such a course of evolution is an obligate parasite that is inextricably linked to a particular host.· Of course, the two mothering modifications are inextricably linked.· We think of parrots as inextricably linked with our world.· Thus, how the world presents itself to me and how I understand myself are inextricably linked. ► strongly · They had a strong sense of shared identity, had been trained together, and were strongly linked by kinship ties.· Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis. NOUN► activity · Increasingly, they have been linked to more nefarious activities, from cheating on taxes to financing cocaine traffickers.· Self-constituting activity is inextricably linked with meaning-producing activity 4.· Did he have any reason to link their activities with the murder of Garland's son?· This may be linked to functional activities, like lifting a cup to the mouth.· The daemons are closely linked with religious cult activity.· Over the past 10years whale and dolphin deaths have been linked to increased fishing activity.· However, a more realistic approach is to see trips as forming a chain, linking activities through the day.· They are created as firms seek new advantages by linking together markets and activities that previously were kept separate. ► arm · Lady Isabella linked her arm through his.· Julia Patterson as she linked arms with two other senators and escaped down the marble stairs.· Madeleine linked her arm into Louis's.· The two-minute video shows the protesters casually entering the office before linking arms through the tubes.· Margaret linked her arm through mine and we walked to the zebra-crossing.· Athelstan linked his arm through that of the coroner and they carefully made their way down Cheapside.· Outside in the street Maggie linked arms with Laura.· He walked between us, linking arms. ► chain · A chain linking her handcuffs was tied to a bar above her, and Sams warned there were boulders over her head.· In some minerals two single chains are combined to form double chains, in which the chains are linked by cations.· This is the first time a high street fast food chain has linked up with a theme park.· It is a rope to hang ourselves, or a chain to link together diverse peoples.· However, a more realistic approach is to see trips as forming a chain, linking activities through the day.· He argued that the sinister-looking chain-link is actually a safety measure, preventing fighters from tumbling into the crowd. ► city · Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities.· They extended horizontally into the desert but were linked to the center city by good roads and a trolley system.· But it managed to reach them, convert them, link them to its cities, and exploit their resources.· Praha Metro is also planning a fourth route linking the city centre and the southern suburbs.· The canals linking the city to St Petersburg in the south were built by slave labour in Stalin's days.· The Highland Railway, which linked these two cities in 1863, followed Mitchell's line almost exactly. ► computer · Atari wants to link home computers to school computers via telephone lines.· PalmPilots can install software only by linking to a personal computer.· Small children are queuing to take it in turns to sit in a special armchair linked up to a computer.· Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer, which will deliver the products.· This can be established by programs in which the actual experimental apparatus is linked to a computer simulation.· Each country runs a national network that links to a host computer in a research institution that acts as a national hub.· Central reservation systems Large groups of hotels which are linked by computer usually operate their own central reservation system.· The need for securing the communications link between computers via encryption is expected to rise. ► death · But bereavement is usually linked to the death of some one close, like our parents.· Several studies have shown that the physical stresses of repeatedly gaining and losing weight are linked with earl, deaths.· Pepper spray has been linked to the deaths of 39 people in California and 80 people across the country.· This week, health officials are linking the death of a 3-week-old boy in Indiana to the pet iguana. ► evidence · There was no forensic evidence to link Mr Nichol to the attack.· Giuliani said there was no evidence the shooting was linked to anything else.· While the evidence linking increased cell proliferation and colorectal cancer is good, the converse is less clear cut.· Still, he said physical evidence linking Ray to the crime is overwhelming.· It would also take account of the fact that evidence linking hazardous waste with harm to human health is uncertain, at best.· In the lab and in the courtroom, the evidence linking implants and disease is lacking.· Soil temperature was not controlled in our study, and so the evidence linking temperature and root mortality is circumstantial.· Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases. ► name · Public outrage at the enormity linked the names of Mary and Bothwell.· The concept is so closely linked with his names that it is difficult, sometimes, to separate the two. ► network · Strictly speaking, the Internet is an international network of computers linked up to exchange information.· Complex applications will require several networks to be linked together.· Visa Delta is a debit card network linked with the Visa credit card network.· State and Campus Networks State and campus networks link into regional networks.· Unlike Xinet, the network does not link machines made by more than one company.· Each country runs a national network that links to a host computer in a research institution that acts as a national hub.· The departmental network is linked to the University's mainframe computer services for statistical analysis packages and similar services.· It is estimated that every thirty minutes a major network links into the Internet. ► rail · In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated.· Encouraging full use of the potential of the County's rail links with Channel Tunnel rail terminals. ► road · This required 18 traverses, short stretches of road linked by sharp bends, with beyond it a ravine.· Narrow dirt roads connect the farms to the wider dirt road which links North Chittendon with Montpelier and Barre.· The road, linking Gateshead to the Tyne Bridge, needs repairs totalling £700,000.· Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both.· The sub-arterial road was to be an intermediate class of road designed to link up the main arterials to the local roads.· The road serving Kinlochbervie is linked to the A.838, branching off at Rhiconich.· It is located on the road which links the two. ► system · TSMDesk is a Helpdesk management system, linking users and information support staff, and third party support agencies if required.· In fact, variations in several other neurotransmitter systems have been tentatively linked to alcoholism.· What is clear is that the most successful computerised personnel systems link payroll and personnel together.· School-to-work systems generally link learning at school and at work to help young people see the connections between the two.· It therefore comes as no great surprise that these systems are not easily linked up to talk to one another.· Chapter 9 analyzes the alternative frameworks through which the political system and the economic system are linked.· The systems developed will link economic, social and environmental data.· The greater challenge is to create a system that links these individual programs into some sort of coherent whole. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be linked Aluminium in water is now being linked with premature ageing. Drug dealing and prostitution are often linked. Power and personality are closely linked. The author explains clearly how these types of economic and military issue are linked. As for size constancy it is linked with the coordination of perceptually controlled movements. He was linked with Cardiff in the summer when he decided to stay at the Brewery Field. Investment is linked to 11 funds and benefit can be level or increasing. Isolated tetrahedra are linked by mutual bonding to a cation between. It was to be linked to a line from Croydon to Wallington, Carshalton and Sutton. Racial struggle is linked to class struggle, and racism fractures both the political superstructure and economic base. The photographs are linked across the book by fleeting resemblances, oppositions, repetitions, the pictorial equivalents of assonance and half-rhyme. There was nothing to suggest the two events were linked. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► break a link/tie/connection Mr Eastwood argues it would break ties with local communities. Personnel changes confirmed the new liberalism in the Soviet Union and the attempt to break links with past behaviour. ► be inextricably linked/bound up/mixed etc For in fact political theories, doctrines or ideologies, and political action are inextricably bound up with each other. In her mind the murder and the attack at the Chagall museum were inextricably bound up with the secret of the Durances. It makes you understand that you are inextricably bound up with each other and that your fortunes depend on one another. Within the workplace inequality and conflict are inextricably bound up, irrespective of the relationship between particular managements and workforces. ► intimate link/connection etc Heat had intimate links with chemistry, and optics with astronomy. Mythologies all over the world describe the intimate connection, often antipathy, between birds and snakes. Traditionally, an intimate connection has been seen between style and an author's personality. ► the missing link► the weak/weakest link A patio door could be the weak link in your domestic security chain. Anderson is the weakest link in his. Below that speed it is impossible to generate sufficient lift to overload the weak link. Breaking the weak link proved a bigger hazard than actual cable breaks or power failures. This boy was more the Weakest Link as he ducked out of taking two decisions to deny Leeds the win they deserved. This is the weakest link in the chain, and we have a system for chasing referees and eventually going elsewhere. This time, it was the primacy of the office as gathering place that was the weak link in the chain. Word family WORD FAMILYnounlinklinkageverblink 1be linked if two things are linked, they are related in some way:  Police think the murders are linked.be linked to/with something Some birth defects are linked to smoking during pregnancy.be closely/directly/strongly etc linked Our economy is inextricably linked with America’s.2make connection [transitive] to make a connection between two or more things or people:  A love of nature links the two poets.link something/somebody to/with something Exactly how do we link words to objects?link somebody/something together Strong family ties still linked them together.3join [transitive] to physically join two or more things, people, or places SYN  connectlink something/somebody to/with something The pipe must be linked to the cold water supply.link somebody/something together The climbers were linked together by ropes.link something and something A long bridge links Venice and the mainland. He walked with her, linking arms (=putting his arm around her arm).4show connection [transitive] to show or say that there is a connection between two people, situations, or thingslink something/somebody to/with something He denied reports linking him to Colombian drug dealers.5make something depend on something [transitive] to make one thing or situation depend on another thing or situationlink something to something Pay increases will now be linked to performance. → index-linked6connect equipment [transitive] (also link up) to connect computers, broadcast systems etc, so that electronic messages can be sent between themlink something to/with something Local terminals are linked to the central computer.7Internet [intransitive] to set up a link to a website or webpage:  How can I find out who has linked to my blog?link in phrasal verb British English1to connect with another idea, statement, type of work etc, especially in a way that is useful SYN  tie inlink in with This point links in with our earlier discussion.2to happen at the same time as something else SYN  tie inlink in with The Minister’s visit was scheduled to link in with the meeting in Harare.link up phrasal verb1to connect with something or to make a connection between things, especially so that they can work togetherlink up with The train links up with the ferry at Dover.link something ↔ up (with something) The next stage is to link the film up with the soundtrack.2to connect computers, broadcast systems etc so that electronic messages can be sent between themlink something ↔ up (to/with something) All these PCs are linked up to the network. The Internet allows people from all over the world to link up for chat sessions.3to join with someone so that you can do something togetherlink up with We linked up with the ‘Daily Express’ to help run the campaign. → linkup link1 verblink2 noun linklink2 ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINlink2 Origin: 1-6, 8 1300-1400 Old Norse hlekkr7 1700-1800 links ‘rising ground, sand hills’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English hlincas Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a telephone link between the two presidents Police are investigating the scene to determine if there are any links with last week's bombing. Rebels bombed the Beira railroad, a vital link between the capital and the port. Some scientists believe there may be a link between caffeine and heart disease. The two TV stations are joined by a satellite link. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Certainly that link is strong and clear in the Old Testament Scriptures. Good telecommunications links can bring them closer to western markets, giving their skilled workers less incentive to emigrate. He is our link to the outside world. It is the verb to bring down that forges the link between the otherwise still nouns and pronoun in the sentence. Six devices have been sent to people with links to pest control, farming and hunting in the past fortnight. The material causal links may not always be readily perceivable, but they are there all the same. They were the only link with the people in the field. With such fundamental changes involved, a business can only be as strong as its weakest link. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe Internet and places on the Internet► (the) Internet/(the) Net a network of computer connections that allows computer users around the world to exchange information: · The Internet makes it possible for people all over the world to keep in touch.· In theory, the Net should make things quicker, but that isn't always the case.on the Internet/Net: · She spends nearly all her free time on the Internet.· The couple met on the Internet.Internet/Net access: · The city's libraries provide free Internet access. ► e- also E- used to form words that relate to activities involving use of the Internet, especially those connected with business. : · E-commerce was then seen as a booming economic area. ► cyber- used to form words that relate to activities involving the use of computers, especially the Internet: · Cyber-crime, for example the fraudulent use of credit cards on the net, presents particular problems for the police.· He seems to spend all his time in cyberspace! ► dotcom relating to a company whose business involves the Internet: · The business world was shaken by the huge drop in dotcom shares. · dotcom jobs ► web site a place on the Internet where you can find information about a particular company, organization, or person: · Visit our website on www.stellamary.UK. ► web page one of the areas you can go to on a website: · Do you want me to print off this web page? ► home page the first place you go to on a website: · You can reach all the other pages on a website from its home page. ► chat room an area on the Internet where people can talk to each other by sending messages that can be read or heard immediately: · Children should be taught to be careful about who they talk to in chat rooms. ► link/hyperlink writing or pictures on a web page which you can click on if you want to immediately go to another website or to another web page on the same website: · For more info, click on this link. ► search engine a computer program that helps you find information on the Internet: · This search engine will only find sites that originate in Europe. ► browser a program, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, that allows you to find and read documents on the Internet: · My browser really is incredibly slow. ► FAQ, faq frequently asked question(s); on websites, a list of questions that users often ask about the website, and answers to them: · Before e-mailing us, it might be advisable to click on FAQ first. ► online connected to other computers through the Internet, or available through the Internet: go online: · I'll just go online and look up her address. ► hit an occasion when someone uses a website, a web page, or part of a web page. Companies count the number of hits their websites, advertisements, etc receive to find out how well they are doing: · The official World Cup web-site scored a record number of hits last week. when two facts, events, or situations are connected► connection · The two incidents might have something to do with each other, but I can't see the connection.connection between something and something · Students need to realize that there is a connection between education and their future.close connection · Sheldon revealed the close connection between poverty and bad health. ► relationship the way in which two things are connected and affect each other, or the way in which the connection can be explained: · Interest rates and government spending are connected, but the relationship is quite a complex one.relationship to/with something: · These accusations against me have no relationship to the truth.relationship between something and something: · She was worried that the company wouldn't see any relationship between her work experience and the job she was applying for. ► link a connection between two facts or events, especially when one causes or affects the other: link between: · Some scientists believe there may be a link between caffeine and heart disease.link with: · Police are investigating the scene to determine if there are any links with last week's bombing. ► correlation if there is a correlation between two things, they happen or exist together and it seems likely that one causes or influences the other: correlation between: · One of the students asked whether there was any correlation between rainfall and temperature.· In tests, no correlation was found between diet and intelligence.correlation with: · The study examines the correlation of violence on television with children's behavior.strong correlation: · Dawson argued that there is a strong correlation between teenage crime and low educational achievement. to say, believe, or prove that there is a connection between two facts, events, or people► link to say or believe that there is a connection between two things, even though the connection may not be easy to see or prove: link something and something: · Police are linking the availability of alcohol and a recent rise in the number of teenage arrests.link somebody/something with somebody/something: · His name has been linked with several famous actresses since he and his wife separated last year.· The health department has linked several cases of food poisoning with contaminated shellfish.link something to something: · For centuries farmers have linked the behavior of animals and plants to changes in the weather. ► associate if you associate something with something else, the two things are always connected in your mind: associate something with something: · Shoppers tend to associate certain brand names with high quality.· People associate the old days with good times, and seem to forget the hardship they endured.associate something and something: · I've always associated the smell of paint and my first grade art class. ► make a connection to realize that two things are connected: · At least 24 women who took the diet pills developed heart disease before doctors made the connection.make a connection between: · Young children quickly make a connection between the pictures in books and the real objects they see. ► establish a link to prove or discover that something is connected with something else: establish a link between: · Police have so far failed to establish a link between the two murders.· Sir Austin Bradford Hill led one of the first research teams to establish a link between smoking and lung cancer. when something joins one place with another► connect : connect something with something · The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County.connect something and something · The government was planning a new railway connecting Marseille and Paris.be connected by something · The two lakes are connected by a narrow canal. ► link if a bridge, road, railway or an air service links one place with another, it joins them together so that people can travel easily from one place to another: · They are planning a new high-speed railway to link the two capitals.· Batangas and Puerto Galera are linked by a ferry service which runs twice daily.link something with something: · The Channel Tunnel has linked Britain with mainland Europe for the first time.link something and something: · Interstate 5 links San Diego and Los Angeles. ► link something that joins two places that are far apart, so that people can travel between them or communicate between them: · The two TV stations are joined by a satellite link.link between: · Rebels bombed the Beira railroad, a vital link between the capital and the port.· a telephone link between the two presidents WORD SETS► DAILY LIFE AC, accessory, nounadapter, nounaerosol, nounalarm, nounarm, nounash, nounattaché case, nounbag, nounbar, nounbarrel, nounbeep, 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adjectivedrape, verbdrawing pin, noundryer, noundurable goods, nounDurex, nounearplug, nounelastic band, nouneraser, nouneyelet, nounfabric, nounfelt-tip pen, nounfemale, adjectivefence, nounfiberglass, nounfibreglass, nounfigurine, nounfilament, nounfile, verbFilofax, nounfire extinguisher, nounfirewood, nounfitness, nounflag, nounflagon, nounflagstaff, nounflashlight, nounflat, adjectivefloodlight, nounfoam, nounfoam, verbfog, verbfolder, nounfoolscap, nounforecourt, nounfountain, nounfountain pen, nounframe, nounfunnel, nounfuse, noungadget, noungadgetry, noungargle, verbgas, nounglue, noungoggles, noungold card, noungranny knot, noungravel, noungravelled, adjectivegravelly, adjectivegrease, noungreetings card, noungrommet, noungum, noungun, noungunnysack, noungut, nounhand-held, adjectivehandle, nounhandloom, nounharness, nounhasp, nounhealth, nounhessian, nounhinge, nounhip, nounhoarding, nounhoist, nounholder, nounhook, nounhoop, nounhooter, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhub, nounhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectiveillness, nounindented, adjectiveinflatable, adjectiveingrained, adjectiveink, nouninn, nouninnkeeper, nouninsoluble, adjectiveivory, nounjacket, nounjack-knife, nounjoss stick, nounjuggle, verbkey, nounkeypad, nounkey ring, nounKleenex, nounknife, nounknob, nounlabel, nounladder, nounlantern, nounlatch, nounlatchkey, nounlather, nounlather, verbLCD, nounlead, nounlectern, nounlegal pad, nounlens, nounletterbox, nounlever, nounlibrary, nounlid, nounlidded, adjectivelift, nounlight, nounlight bulb, nounlink, nounlinseed oil, nounlitter bin, nounlock, nounlodestone, nounlog, nounloop, verblost property, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnifying glass, nounmale, adjectivemantle, nounmanual, adjectivemarker, nounmarker pen, nounmarket day, nounmast, nounmastic, nounmatchstick, nounmaterial, nounmeter, nounmeths, nounmode, nounmortar, nounmortise lock, nounmould, nounmounting, nounmovement, nounnail, nounnameplate, nounnet, nounnib, nounnipple, nounnon-standard, adjectivenoose, nounnotebook, nounnotepad, nounnoticeboard, nounnozzle, nounnut, nounoil, verboilcan, nounoily, adjectiveorb, nounoutfit, nounoutlet, nounovernight, adverbpack, verbpackage, nounpad, nounpad, verbpadlock, nounpaintwork, nounpantyliner, nounpaper, nounpaperclip, nounpasserby, nounpaste, verbpasteboard, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpattern, nounpaving, nounpearl, nounpen, nounpenknife, nounpicket fence, nounpillbox, nounpince-nez, nounpinhead, nounpipe, nounpix, nounpizza parlor, nounplug, nounpocket, nounpocketbook, nounpocket calculator, nounpocket knife, nounpointer, nounpoison, nounpole, nounportfolio, nounPost-it, nounpowder, nounpowdered, adjectivepropellant, nounpropelling pencil, nounpump-action, adjectivePX, nounquarter, verbrack, nounreceptionist, nounreel, nounrefill, nounreflector, nounrefrigerate, verbregimen, nounreservation, nounreserve, verbsachet, nounsack, nounscratchpad, nounscratch paper, nounscreen, nounsealant, nounsealer, nounsearchlight, nounseason ticket, nounseat, nounself-assembly, adjectiveseptic tank, nounservice, nounservice, verbsetting, nounshade, nounsharpener, nounshovel, nounshovel, verbshovelful, nounsilver paper, nounsiphon, nounslat, nounslice, verbslot machine, nounslug, nounsmoke, nounsoot, nounsort, nounspare part, nounspigot, nounsponge, nounspool, nounspout, nounspray, nounspray can, nounspray paint, nounspring, nounstaff, nounstake, nounstalk, nounstandard, nounstaple, nounstapler, nounstationery, nounsteam, nounsteam clean, verbsteel, nounsteel wool, nounstepladder, nounstick, verbstick, nounsticker, nounstilt, nounstopper, nounstorm lantern, nounstrap, nounstreamer, nounstring, nounstub, nounsucker, nounSuperglue, nounswipe, verbswitch, nounswivel, nountab, nountack, nountag, nountag, verbtank, nountap, nountape, nountassel, nountattle, verbtea break, nounthong, nounthread, nountime-saving, adjectivetinder, nountinderbox, nountissue, nountop, nountote bag, nountowel, verbtray, nountrolley, nountube, nountubing, nountwine, nountwo-way mirror, nounumbrella, nounvent, nounvial, nounwaiting room, nounwasher, nounwaste paper, nounwatch, nounwaterspout, nounwheeled, adjectivewhistle, verbwooden, adjectivewriting paper, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► close link  the close link between teacher and student ► strong links  The company has strong links with big investors. ► forge/establish links  Organizers of the project hope that international links will be forged. ► direct ... links  The office has direct computer links to over 100 firms. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bridge links something to/with something · There's a road bridge linking the site with Stockton town centre. ► causal relationship/link/factor etc  a causal relationship between unemployment and crime ► a direct link/connection · The campaign makes a direct link between global warming and the consumption of energy in the home. ► establish relations/links/contact etc (with somebody)  Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me. ► forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with somebody)  In 1776 the United States forged an alliance with France. The two women had forged a close bond. Back in the 1980s, they were attempting to forge a new kind of rock music. ► a rail link (=that makes train travel between two places possible)· He proposed building a high-speed rail link between the two airports. ► sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between somebody)  The two countries severed diplomatic relations. She had severed all contact with her ex-husband. ► strengthen ties/bonds/links · He wants to strengthen ties with the West. ► tenuous link/connection etc  The United Peace Alliance had only a tenuous connection with the organized Labour movement. The link between her family and the King’s is rather tenuous. ► transport links · The region has good transport links to the capital. ► a linking verb (also copula) (=a verb that connects the subject of a sentence with a word that describes the subject, for example 'seem' in the sentence 'the house seems big') ► a link to a website (=something on one website that takes you to another website)· His home page has a link to the website. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► causal · We want a link between belief and truth to prevent this happening, and a causal link looks promising.· In other words it enables one to modify the artificially simplistic notion of clear-cut dependent and independent variables having one-way causal links.· The material causal links may not always be readily perceivable, but they are there all the same.· Some courts have however looked to the causal link between the existence of a hearing and the final outcome.· The cognitive model proposes a direct causal link: participation brings about enhanced information on goals, and so performance is improved.· There could be a causal link between demanding social justice and realism as a method, but it is not shown.· If this causal link is not present the application will fail.· Explanation extends our understanding of the world, by moving beyond simple observation of events to the causal links underpinning them. ► clear · There must be a clear link between information and argument.· Once established, initiatives in the vision of how must sustain a clear and compelling link to performance.· There was a clear link with past practices of fitting the ideology to the needs of the state rather than its constituent members.· Such an agreement, however, has clearer links with the factory floor than the consulting room.· Research has shown clear links between the level of crime and number of children brought up in poverty in families in difficulty.· I also discussed with Marshal Shaposhnikov the ways in which we could establish clearer links between us and our staffs.· In the event, no clear link was detected.· There is a clear link between the intensity of cell proliferation and susceptibility to neoplasia. ► close · It is important that the close link with the local authority remains.· More recently, philosophy has had very close links with mathematics and artificial intelligence.· There were close links between the alchemists and the gnostics, and for the gnostics the picture was bleaker still.· Pierpont Morgan was attacked by populist Democrats - whose descendants now argue for closer links between banks and industry.· There were close links between the Brush Electrical Engineering Co.· The enduring point is that close links did not make finance the slave of industry.· In line with an earlier discussion in this Report, the Commission recommends that local churches establish close working links with school music departments. ► direct · Any direct link between this and the McMahon Act is unlikely.· But it is Azima who is the direct link between Thompson and the current fund-raising furor.· The study of small mammal fossils Fossils provide one of our most direct links with the prehistoric past.· All major on-line services have offered access to the Internet news groups and now have direct links to remote systems.· This is most obviously important where there is a direct link between the degree subject and occupation.· But so far, no direct link has been made between any of these corpses and the Pernkopf anatomy.· In fact there is no direct link between the status of women and the reckoning of descent in one line or another.· By train, it will take just 40 minutes on the direct rail link from Liverpool Street. ► economic · However, even political hostility did not entirely break these old economic links. ► formal · By establishing formal links with the universities, and international specialists, they hope to redress the balance.· Partnerships - How to forge more formal links with your foreign counterparts for joint ventures.· An individual could have formal links with one but still keep informal connections with the other.· However, this document, Guidelines on Risk Issues, does not have a formal link with the framework outlined overleaf.· Only infrequently is there a formal link.· Some IFAs have no formal links with a group of providers but work on commission.· Notice that there are no formal links in any of the exchanges, but they are nevertheless easy to understand. ► important · At the same time he established important links with the continental book trade.· This forgotten highway once formed part of an important link between Saltash, Crafthole and the sea.· They were also an important link between agitation out of doors and influence within the walls of parliament.· Threatened groups bring in wives from outside and thus establish important social links promising external support and succour.· There is an important link between the equity objective and the concept of need.· The most important links are political.· There are many important links between them, as also with the Constitution on the Liturgy.· This illustrates the important link between objectives and assessment. ► international · To facilitate international links between the public networks, efforts are being made to standardise different countries' ISDNs.· Until recently, most governments have exercised either direct or indirect control over national telecommunications as well as international links.· The council had a committee dealing satisfactorily with the promotion of Cheltenham's existing international links.· In addition to seeking goodwill and international business links, Brown will receive an honorary doctorate from Seoul University.· This would be a first step in working towards forming international links and networks.· For philosophies to spread so readily, there had to be innumerable international links.· All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles.· In addition, users are charged according to the service they use on international links, which are expensive to support. ► main · Allestry died in 1670, but Martyn continued as the Society's main link with the book trade for another decade.· Television provides the main link between sport and corporate sponsorship.· The main link between the two productions lies in David Troughton s dazzling performance.· Furthermore, it was only during this period that scientific advance identified the main links between insanitary conditions and disease. ► missing · Here the missing link is frequently the directly observed contextual detail which is so crucial in anthropological field work.· I have no doubt it would contain some valuable missing links and insights to the historian.· This is meaningful conversation between missing links took place after a rapid.· This uncharted section was finally penetrated after arduous effort in 1983 and the mystery of the missing link solved.· Where there is a co-ordination problem the issuing of an authoritative directive can supply the missing link in the argument.· Garau was the missing link who sold drugs to both Debbie Maxwell and to the shepherds.· The grid diameter is 100-150m and the facilities involved are very simple paths, bridges and short missing links.· The missing link is the shareholders. ► possible · The movement between nodes is made possible by activating links, which connect related concepts or nodes.· Finally, I made the point that relates to the possible links between animal and human communication.· Now police are investigating possible links between his killing and the murder last week of caretaker Andrew Collier in London.· Scientists can also understand more about possible links with extreme weather like hurricanes.· The possible links with other unsolved child murders began to be explored.· There have been a number of studies of possible links between cancer in children and proximity to high voltage cables.· Detectives say they are looking at possible links with recent assaults on women in Oxford. ► strong · The Centre also has strong links with the industry and policy community in the field.· But there often is not a strong link between these work experiences and their classes.· Or at the least very strong links have to be created with those customers.· Symbols are very important in this stage, and names can provide a strong link with a perceived regional past.· The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board.· Memorial services are still held here and strong links are maintained with the 351st Bomber Group Association. 11.· Indeed, they already store numerous records generated by government agencies and have developed strong links with the producers of machine-readable data. ► tenuous · Shift work added to the tenuous links between incomer men and their Shetlander neighbours. ► vital · Missi continued to be expected to supervise counts, and to act as vital links between palace and counties.· Hams snap into action during times of crisis, providing vital links when traditional modes of communication crumble.· In principle therefore payment of an Affiliation Fee would be an overt recognition of this vital link and mutual benefit. 5.· Everywhere in the world, he provides the vital link between nature and the musician.· For over five million passengers, Aurigny has become part of their holiday memories or a vital link with the outside world.· The road from Salen is the tenuous lifeline of Ardnamurchan, the vital link with the world outside its boundaries.· Public transport is seen as a vital link to the shops and services of the town centre. ► weak · Breaking the weak link proved a bigger hazard than actual cable breaks or power failures.· Anderson is the weakest link in his.· With such fundamental changes involved, a business can only be as strong as its weakest link.· This time, it was the primacy of the office as gathering place that was the weak link in the chain.· The layer reinforces the wall's weak link - the mortar.· Therefore, the leadership challenge is to have no weak links.· This is the weakest link in the chain, and we have a system for chasing referees and eventually going elsewhere.· It can not solve all problems, and like any system it is only as strong as its weakest link. NOUN► chain · But in the end the resident was only allowed to inspect the security of the chain link fence around the dump.· About every third property boasted a brand-new chain link fence, erected to corral Cod knows what kind of beast.· Through the mouth there appears to be the remains of a chain link from which the knife would have been suspended.· A couple of the boys did once, climbing over the high chain link fence around the playground.· Before she had taken five steps she hit the chain link fencing that was invisible in the darkness.· The Republicans have fenced off the convention with chain link.· Poking through chain link fences at factories and construction sites. ► cuff · The bishop never took off his suit jacket or removed the glittering cuff links engraved with his episcopal shield.· In I.. Magnin they have house detectives who look great, cuff links, tailored suits.· For example, when Jasper turned fifty I gave him a pair of malachite cuff links. ► rail · Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?· I stress that King's Cross would offer advantages even if no rail link were built.· By train, it will take just 40 minutes on the direct rail link from Liverpool Street.· However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.· The Government have made their position clear on the route of the high-speed rail link and there is no reconsideration.· He also knows that there are plans for a high-speed rail link to run through Stratford.· The completion date for the rail link is uncertain. ► road · Road access will be via a purpose-built junction on the M56 airport link road.· He had spotted another lay-by, beyond Jena, just before the link road to the autobahn back to the border.· It is part of the £17.5m link road between the M53 and A55.· The link road to the M1 now uses this very route. ► satellite · Filling in the gaps in local services by leasing dedicated satellite links and other telecoms services adds just 7 percent to costs.· She might arrange for a satellite link thousands of miles away, or a microwave link around the corner.· They say some cafes have illegal direct satellite links to the internet, to which the authorities often turn a blind eye. ► telephone · When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link.· The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices. VERB► break · Personnel changes confirmed the new liberalism in the Soviet Union and the attempt to break links with past behaviour.· But that he would deliberately attempt to break that link was something that he would never admit, even to himself.· Pensioners will be worse off every week because the Government broke the link with earnings.· However, even political hostility did not entirely break these old economic links.· But can Cobra go mass-market without breaking its umbilical link to curry?· Whereas conceptual art chooses to break the link between art and craft, it is this link that any painting re-enacts. ► build · The goal of all Catholic schools must be to build close links with both partners.· The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board.· These may be very useful where it is hoped to build in cross-curricular links.· A joint economic commission was established to build on the growing links between the two countries.· He mocked Britain's failure to start building a high-speed link from London to its side of the tunnel.· The site will build links to Emap's leading entertainment websites to provide additional content and user benefits.· A World of Work centre is being built, with strong links to local businesses, which provide vocational training.· But building international links across sectors can help build links against enemies. ► create · Which were the main industrial towns in the hinterland created by the canal links?· There had to be meeting points for the exchange of ideas, institutions that would create links among the citizens.· When we calculated that we lacked aesthetic sensibility, we created the link.· It also helps create links between the additional context of the experiment and the real-life world of the classroom.· Hence, Congress immediately perceived the practicality of creating a physical link between them, and approved the necessary funds.· Before you continue to create the links, you must save your file into the directory that will be permanently storing it.· Cluster headings are used to create a link between the criteria and each process.· To create a link, click the image to select it and choose Insert, Hyperlink. ► develop · People need freedom to develop good links with the community.· As a result he developed links with Hastings as well as Gloucester, but it was the latter which dictated his actions in 1483.· In recognition of their importance and the need to train more volunteers, we want to develop links with individual churches.· Indeed, they already store numerous records generated by government agencies and have developed strong links with the producers of machine-readable data.· In order to assure industry relevance, the association would wish to develop close links at an early stage with institutions seeking accreditation.· We plan to develop links to enable Finance staff to access the financial parts of the package directly.· Community businesses, it was suggested, should develop links with the trade union movement and the public sector. ► establish · The Profitboss has a simple way of establishing the contribution link to profit.· Many Northern Ireland companies already have well established exporting links.· Lydecker established a mental link with Keiko.· Threatened groups bring in wives from outside and thus establish important social links promising external support and succour.· Even if such reports were accurate, these phenomena have no established link with the onset of earthquakes.· To reiterate: every language has its own devices for establishing cohesive links.· Its mission is to establish effective links between education and business. ► forge · Partnerships - How to forge more formal links with your foreign counterparts for joint ventures.· These organizations played a decisive role in forging patient links with the outside world.· It is the verb to bring down that forges the link between the otherwise still nouns and pronoun in the sentence.· The details of how Strominger and collaborators forged the link are highly mathematical arguments only a physicist could love.· They at least are aware of the potential of relationships between the different levels and may be forging some co-operative links between them.· It has refused to explain itself to the mainstream media, or to forge strong links with anyone outside the protest community.· You are the people who make our work possible and I try to forge more tangible links between us. ► form · It's time, while Mercury is forming a sharp link to Jupiter, to find out how smart you really are.· Furthermore, by the time of the first appointment, the Volunteers had already formed strong in-group links and loyal. ties.· Initially, therefore, the tutor forms the link between the student and the course.· Depending on the state of the remaining infrastructure, this could form a central link in the future network.· This would be a first step in working towards forming international links and networks.· The village stands at the terminus of the great trench occupied by the inland Loch Maree, the river forming a link.· There were others whom I felt I was unable to form any kind of link during the interview. ► maintain · The couple still maintain close links with local schools, where they spend hours researching, sketching and absorbing jokes.· Morton accepted but always maintained links to Sellers in Philadelphia, a hundred miles to the south.· It maintains a link with Fiat, though - its 1.4-litre engine is the same as that used in the Tipo.· The routine was unvarying, and I deliberately kept it as a technique of maintaining a personal link between us.· The Centre aims to maintain a strong focus on those questions affecting the voluntary sector and to maintain close links with it.· But Harwood was infuriated by the perceived loss of his friend and sought to maintain the link.· Convocation is the organisation through which graduates can maintain links with each other and with the University.· His head moves for the first time to follow his eyes and maintain the essential link of communication signals. ► provide · Satcoms based on modern digital satellites like C-Sat could provide affordable data links.· Sprint and Southwestern Bell are among the carriers providing links.· Symbols are very important in this stage, and names can provide a strong link with a perceived regional past.· Historical objects provide links with the people who made and used them.· Hams snap into action during times of crisis, providing vital links when traditional modes of communication crumble.· The class of models to be considered provides link between conventional time series and econometric models.· The anytime / anyplace option gives flexibility to the organization, providing the links among its nodes. ► sever · The Consolidated Capital Fund would sever the link between finance and accounting.· The girls who join know that they are expected to sever their links with family and loved ones.· However, I know I myself don't want to sever my links with the past.· To cross them was to break tradition, to sever one's links and become an outsider.· Hundreds of members of the 100,000-strong party backed Mr Alton and threatened to sever their links with the party.· Its values now those of a specialist activity, design severs the communicative link which formerly bound it to society.· Often this was easier after they had severed their links with the movement.· The answer must be that it could not since the fact of adopting depreciation accounting severs the link with finance. ► strengthen · Even gifts made to individuals are as a rule intended to strengthen family links.· The banks are also strengthening their links with university researchers.· Worse still, our elected representatives, far from strengthening their links with voters, actually become less accountable to them.· Active steps were also taken to strengthen links with local trade unions.· The Reception was a great success, and strengthened still further the link between the School and the Company. ► suggest · Some evidence suggests a link between no-fault laws and divorce.· The bleaching of reefs has coincided with the hot years of the 1980s, suggesting a link with rising sea temperatures.· For the most part, studies that have suggested a positive link have been those with the poorest research design.· The frequent association of massive quantities of ignimbrite with large calderas suggests a genetic link.· But on the whole, there is little evidence to suggest a link between male wage levels and fertility.· Hence the pangolin suggests a link between animal and human kind.· The portraits were arranged to form a three-dimensional family tree, and to suggest links with the imperial family in Rome. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the links As it happened, the links he had remade were with the Magharba in Ajdabiya. For nearly a decade, the Links series from Access has done more to advance computer golf than any other title. I only started to make the links when the dampness started to affect my mental health. Point to the links between racialist language of the police and the labelling process. Previously the possibility that Honda viewed the links as only short-term could not be ruled out. Producing the links Considerable attention is often given to trying to make sense of an incident. Secondly, the links between heritage culture and the heritage industry were made explicit. The clip from the game you can watch from the links on the right is for gamers aged over 18. ► rail/road/telephone etc link Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country. However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed. In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated. Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both. The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link. Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities. When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link. Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet? ► link in the chain Development itself can be a link in the chain of stress and violence. He felt like a useless and unused link in the chain. I am a link in the chain, a bond of connection between persons. That's what I was - a link in the chain. The law does not allow the consumer to ignore the intermediate links in the chain. The schools are a critical link in the chain, but only one. This is the weakest link in the chain, and we have a system for chasing referees and eventually going elsewhere. This time, it was the primacy of the office as gathering place that was the weak link in the chain. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► break a link/tie/connection Mr Eastwood argues it would break ties with local communities. Personnel changes confirmed the new liberalism in the Soviet Union and the attempt to break links with past behaviour. ► be inextricably linked/bound up/mixed etc For in fact political theories, doctrines or ideologies, and political action are inextricably bound up with each other. In her mind the murder and the attack at the Chagall museum were inextricably bound up with the secret of the Durances. It makes you understand that you are inextricably bound up with each other and that your fortunes depend on one another. Within the workplace inequality and conflict are inextricably bound up, irrespective of the relationship between particular managements and workforces. ► intimate link/connection etc Heat had intimate links with chemistry, and optics with astronomy. Mythologies all over the world describe the intimate connection, often antipathy, between birds and snakes. Traditionally, an intimate connection has been seen between style and an author's personality. ► the missing link► the weak/weakest link A patio door could be the weak link in your domestic security chain. Anderson is the weakest link in his. Below that speed it is impossible to generate sufficient lift to overload the weak link. Breaking the weak link proved a bigger hazard than actual cable breaks or power failures. This boy was more the Weakest Link as he ducked out of taking two decisions to deny Leeds the win they deserved. This is the weakest link in the chain, and we have a system for chasing referees and eventually going elsewhere. This time, it was the primacy of the office as gathering place that was the weak link in the chain. Word family WORD FAMILYnounlinklinkageverblink 1a way in which two things or ideas are related to each otherlink between something (and something) the link between drug use and crime There are a number of links between the two theories.2a relationship or connection between two or more people, countries, organizations etclink between the close link between teacher and studentlink with The company has strong links with big investors.forge/establish links Organizers of the project hope that international links will be forged.3a person or thing that makes possible a relationship or connection with someone or something elselink with For elderly people, TV is a vital link with the outside world.4rail/road/telephone etc link something that makes communication or travel between two places possible:  The office has direct computer links to over 100 firms.5one of the rings in a chain6link in the chain one of the stages involved in a process7the links a piece of ground near the sea where golf is played SYN  golf links8a special word or picture in an Internet document that you click on to move quickly to another part of the same document or to another document → hyperlink:  Send an email to the above address to report a broken link (=a link that is not working properly). → cuff link, missing link, → weak/weakest link at weak(15)
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