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▪ I. linking, vbl. n.|ˈlɪŋkɪŋ|
[f. link v.1 + -ing1.]
Connexion by or as by links; coupling together, association.
1545Udall Erasm. Par., Luke Pref. (1548) {fatpara}v b, For the better lynkyng of one sentence to an other. 1608Hieron Wks. I. 752/1 The linking of my selfe into this wedlocke band. 1837D. McNicoll Wks. 204 The beautiful linkings by which the New Testament is combined with the Old. 1894Times 19 May 10/1 The occasional linking of the regiments. 1929C. J. Friedrich Alfred Weber's Theory of Location of Industries vi. 206 The connection is based..upon the linking of the market of the one with the other. 1957E. Bott Family & Social Network iv. 99 Marriage becomes a linking of kin groups rather than..a union between individuals. 1960J. H. Jones in E. Davies Roads ii. 26 Linking is the interconnection of two or more traffic signals in such a manner that the beginning of the green period at one signal is related to that of the previous signal.
Also linking-up.
1908Westm. Gaz. 19 Nov. 10/4 The ‘linking-up’ Bill... The process provided for by the [Electricity Supply] bill is known as ‘linking-up’. 1909Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 6/5 The increase in the traffic was..the natural result of the linking-up policy adopted. 1923J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist iv. 160 This first linking-up of sex with mind produced, eventually, a large proportion of the beauty of the organic world. 1934Highways & Bridges 26 June 11/3 A ‘Seven-Province Program’ for the linking up of 13,670 miles of road. 1958Britannica Bk. of Year 213/1 This linking-up was welcomed by delegates. 1972Radio Times 7 Dec. 6/1 That's the date which has been set for the linking up in space of a Russian Soyuz with an American Apollo.
▪ II. ˈlinking, ppl. a.
[f. link v.1 + -ing2.]
a. That links or joins together.
1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) II. ii. iii. 161 In linking circles wide extending. 1901Blackw. Mag. June 845/2 There is a linking sonnet, 127, between the series addressed to Herbert and the shorter series..to the Dark Lady.
b. spec. in Gram. = copulative a. 1. Also linking verb.
1935G. O. Curme Parts of Speech iv. 66 Linking verbs... The copula..performs..the function of announcing the predicate... Its use spread because there was an absolute need of such a linking word. 1952A. H. Marckwardt Introd. Eng. Lang. ii. 115 Adjectives may also be..separated from the nouns they modify by a linking or copulative verb. 1967W. N. Francis Eng. Lang. ii. 58 The construction is called linking or copulative... The following are typical linking constructions. 1972R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. xii. 820 The verb in sentences with subject complement is a ‘copula’ (or linking verb), which of itself has little meaning but functions as a link between the complement and subject.
c. spec. in Broadcasting and Cinemat.: providing continuity between programmes, scenes, etc., as music, camera shots, commentary.
1941B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 17 Linking Material, words or music forming part of a continuity structure. 1960N. Kneale Quatermass & Pit ii. 63 Fade in linking music. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 129 Trimming linking music to length. Ibid. viii. 136 Linking narration will..be necessary. 1967Listener 6 Apr. 466/3 All the undeniably pretty pictures in the outdoor location and linking shots cannot breathe life into them.
d. linking r: a letter r in word-final position that is normally pronounced before a following vowel but is silent before a following consonant (as in far, far away).
1950J. S. Kenyon Amer. Pronunc. (ed. 10) 164 Observe that linking r is the use between words of an r that is spelt and was formerly pronounced. Ibid. 165 Linking r is sometimes omitted in Southern British. 1956D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 8) xxi. 196 When a word ending with the letter r is immediately followed by a word beginning with a vowel, then a r-sound..is usually inserted in the pronunciation{ddd}r inserted in this way is called ‘linking r’.
Hence † ˈlinkingly adv., so as to be linked or connected.
1635D. Person Varieties i. vi. 18 Ptolomee his opinion is more true, that the earth and waters, mutually and linkingly embrace one another and make up one Globe. |