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link

/lɪŋk/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
  2. (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function.
  3. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
  4. One element of a chain or other connected series.
  5. The connection between buses or systems.
  6. A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
  7. A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
  8. An individual person or element in a system
  9. To connect two or more things.
  10. (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
  11. To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
  12. To post a hyperlink to.
  13. To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
  14. To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
  15. A torch, used to light dark streets.
  16. To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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