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link

UK/lɪŋk/ US/ˈlɪŋk/ common slang
verb (4) noun (9)

verb

1.

make a logical or causal connection

  • “I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”
  • “colligate these facts”
  • “I cannot relate these events at all”
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2.

connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

  • “Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”
  • “Tie the ropes together”
  • “Link arms”
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3.

be or become joined or united or linked

  • “The two streets connect to become a highway”
  • “Our paths joined”
  • “The travelers linked up again at the airport”
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4.

link with or as with a yoke

  • “yoke the oxen together”
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noun

1.
2.

a fastener that serves to join or link

  • “the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction”
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3.

the state of being connected

  • “the connection between church and state is inescapable”
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4.
5.

a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

6.

(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

7.

a channel for communication between groups

  • “he provided a liaison with the guerrillas”
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9.

an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

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Origin

From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank. Cognates Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).

Phrases

  • a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
  • association link
  • blue link
  • Brunnian link
  • causal link
  • clean link
  • coat link
  • comm link
  • link in
  • link out
  • link up

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