one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past.
a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station.
any of a series of sausages in a chain.
a cuff link.
a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair.
Also called hyperlink .Digital Technology.
an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc.: Click on the link below to read the full article.
such a connection between linked elements, or the code or tag content required to make it: The website was full of broken links, typos, and images that failed to load.
Surveying, Civil Engineering.
(in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters).
one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain.
Chemistry. bond1 (def. 15).
Machinery. a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion.
verb (used with or without object)
to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often followed by up): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain.
Digital Technology. to create links in or have links to a web page or electronic document:The page is linked to my online store.The essay links to three of my published articles.
Origin of link
1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English link(e), of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish lænker “chain”; cognate with Old Norse hlekkr “link” (plural, “chain”), from hlenkr (unattested); related to Old English hlence “coat of chain mail,” akin to German Gelenk “joint, link”
Here’s the link to Charlotte’s thread and again I urge you to read it please.
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For this reason, E-A-T shouldn’t be your priority ahead of traditional SEO tasks like link building and technical optimization.
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For quicker access to websites that you visit all the time, you can set up links to them right from the home screen.
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One user included a link to Turning Point USA’s website in his Twitter profile until The Washington Post began asking questions about the activity.
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Seeing how they already link to other websites in your niche, they are very likely to host your links as well.
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Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
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The whys the wherefores, I think a lot of that is somehow a link from decoding texts, as they say in graduate school.
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Tickets go on sale to the public January 15; check back then for a link and an early peek at the inspiring lineup of speakers.
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“Many in the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband—until that story unwound,” she said.
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Roy was a link to many big names in conservative media, counting Andrew Breitbart and Matt Drudge among his fans.
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The whole chain of his circumstances can be no stronger than the link between him and her.
A New Atmosphere|Gail Hamilton
Link a man to the pulpit, and he cannot proceed to any great lengths in profligate life.
An History of Birmingham (1783)|William Hutton
Bricht ein Ring, so bricht die ganze Katte—A link broken, the whole chain broken.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Indeed, nothing can enter your present thinking which does not link itself to something in your past experience.
The Mind and Its Education|George Herbert Betts
Link was ill enough to look at any time, with his sharp, freckled features and foxy eyes.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906|Lucy Maud Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for link (1 of 2)
link1
/ (lɪŋk) /
noun
any of the separate rings, loops, or pieces that connect or make up a chain
something that resembles such a ring, loop, or piece
a road, rail, air, or sea connection, as between two main routes
a connecting part or episode
a connecting piece in a mechanism, often having pivoted ends
Also called: radio linka system of transmitters and receivers that connect two locations by means of radio and television signals
a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a chain. 1 link of a Gunter's chain is equal to 7.92 inches, and of an engineer's chain to 1 foot
computing short for hyperlink
weak linkan unreliable person or thing within an organization or system
verb
(often foll by up)to connect or be connected with or as if with links
(tr)to connect by association, etc
Derived forms of link
linkable, adjective
Word Origin for link
C14: from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hlekkr link
British Dictionary definitions for link (2 of 2)
link2
/ (lɪŋk) /
noun
(formerly) a torch used to light dark streets
Word Origin for link
C16: perhaps from Latin lychnus, from Greek lukhnos lamp
A segment of text or a graphical item that serves as a cross-reference between parts of a webpage or other hypertext documents or between webpages or other hypertext documents.