1A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

1. 1.1 A relationship or connection between people, countries, or organizations.
   he retained strong links with the media

   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘Ken has close links with other company chairmen and chief executives and investors,’ says Park.
   • The spokesman said one of the conditions of the company continuing their contract was that he severed links with the company.
   • For those who want a stable Asia, the interest in establishing close links with Japan should be obvious.
   • All these magazines have deals with the record companies, even personal links with the stars themselves.
   • He also asserted that they had yet to investigate to see if there were any links with some of the executives at the state company.
   • The US study found men who do not have many close links with friends and family have higher levels of a blood molecule which indicates inflammation.
   • He omitted to tell investors of his links with some of those companies.
   • This makes it harder to question and challenge the structures and authorities which affect our lives or to make the links with others in similar situations or who will support us.
   • At the time, the Arab ambassadors expressed their interest in fostering more business links with Scottish companies.
   • It has developed links with 8,500 companies and with all of York and North Yorkshire's secondary schools, and 85 per cent of its primary schools.
   • She will tell universities they must forge closer links with their local communities and schools.
   • I applaud social, cultural and trading links with our European friends.
   • When that happens we deal with the culprits and we have established good links with the bus company.
   • He said Bradford had many experts in inter-faith relations and good links with other faith leaders, which made the city the perfect place to deliver training.
   • He now has a Birmingham and a Westmead branch as well as links with many other companies.
   • Most Pakistani Americans maintain close links with relatives and friends in Pakistan.
   • Some insurance companies have links with alarm providers and locksmiths who may offer extra discount on the cost of locks or alarms.
   • We are trying to reach as many of our former students and graduates as possible to tell them to come along and meet old friends and renew links with their former college.
   • What is the University doing to forge closer links with the local community?
   • A succession of tutors was his only tenuous link with the larger world.

   Synonyms

   bond, tie, attachment, connection, relationship, association, affiliation

   mutual interest, liaison

   nexus
2. 1.2 Something that enables communication between people.
   sign language interpreters represent a vital link between the deaf and hearing communities

   Example sentencesExamples

   • These ‘storyboards’ became powerful communication links for all who walked the Disney halls.
   • The nurse is the communication link between the doctor and the patient, the patient and the family, and the family and the doctor.
   • He has been a beat officer for the past three years and is a vital link between the community and police.
   • The origins of this project lie in the aspirations of the EU to foster and develop greater links of communication and co-operation between Europeans.
   • But officers are hoping two separate regiments will preserve many more traditions and close community links which are vital to strong recruitment.
3. 1.3 A means of contact, travel, or transport between two places.
   they set up a satellite link with Tokyo

   a high-speed rail link to the Channel Tunnel

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Transportation links by road and water continue to be erratic in Croatia, so flying to Split and taking the ferry remains the most efficient means of getting to and from the island.
   • The problem is, they can already do so via commercial services that use satellite links to provide in-flight Wi-Fi access.
   • To keep up, we not only must build more effective transportation links, but we must operate them more efficiently.
   • And, he said, some of the planned improvements in existing road and public transport links would make all the difference.
   • Lastly, the state of the rail and road links between Hastings and London is a reason to improve the digital connectivity - making it less necessary to travel.
   • Before there were roads or rail links, the colony built a pier so boats could transport people and supplies from Mobile.
   • Further, the committee also stated that all the link roads were carrying traffic much above their capacity.
   • The Teledesic architecture is wireless point-to-point links between a satellite and a fixed station on the ground.
   • Yet, distance is not the only criteria on which to compare the options of VHF and satellite links.
   • Roads, rail links, airports, public housing, factories - all subsidised for the central economy - were on the brink of ruin.
   • Satellite links will also be useful whenever time is an issue.
   • What's more, secondary ports tend to lack the high-capacity road and rail links that big transport centers demand.
   • An exclusion zone has been declared, and road and transport links nearby have been closed.
   • While HAPs are unproven, Internet traffic is traveling over geosynchronous satellite links today.
   • Each of the flats for the deaf has been set up with a computer video link, enabling the deaf tenants to communicate in sign language with workers in the staff base.
   • Residents are set to fight plans for a proposed link road to ease traffic congestion between Wigan and Atherton.
   • Damage to roads and other transport links was extensive, and took many days to repair.
   • A look at a map will confirm that the ‘natural’ east-west rail and road links converge on Montreal.
   • From now on, he said, bosses of commerce and industry will have a real say on issues like allocating land for business and housing development, road links and transportation.
   • However, Mr Clark stressed the need to improve road transport links to the airport because of its location.
4. 1.4Computing A code or instruction which connects one part of a program or an element in a list to another.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Sorry I can't post a direct link to any direct article.
   • One hides its adverts amongst the normal links at the bottom of each page.
   • Do you want to know the best way to obtain inbound links to your web site?
   • Click on the audio link at the bottom of the page.
   • You may republish if you include an active link to the original and leave this notice in place.
5. 1.5
   short for hyperlink

2A ring or loop in a chain.

1. 2.1 A unit of measurement of length equal to one hundredth of a surveying chain (7.92 inches).

1Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

1. 1.1 Connect or join physically.
   a network of routes linking towns and villages

   the cows are linked up to milking machines

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The town is considering extending the trails to eventually link the entire route around the lake.
   • To share the video conversation with a wider audience, the phone can be linked up to a TV.
   • The suggestion for linking our major rivers is not new.
   • What about the promise that Sligo would be linked up to the new natural gas line?
   • In addition to linking villages to market towns and services such as doctors' surgeries and Green Hammerton post office, the mini-bus will be available for hire by community groups and schools.
   • The 3-kilometer tunnel links Sochi with five settlements in the mountains, including the popular Krasnaya Polyana ski resort.
   • North Yorkshire Police had raised concerns over the plans, because of the small size of the building, suggesting the staircase linking the two floors could become a flashpoint for any trouble.
   • An extensive network of highways links Mexican cities and towns.
   • They were never linked up to Tendring Council's monitoring centre and were not maintained.
   • Officers believe the vandals followed a route as the targeted streets all link up with one another.
   • Built on an old railway line, the 35-mile track links Bordeaux with Sauveterre de Guyenne.
   • It is one of only a few routes linking the village with Colchester and diversions will have to be set up directing traffic on to a narrower route along Haye Lane.
   • Instead, new bus routes will link town centres and communities to railway stations.
   • The property is adjacent to the Great Southern Hotel and also links to Shop Street, one of Galway's main retail areas.
   • The bus station is set to be built on what is currently Osborne Street, and link with the proposed Vineyard Gate shopping development.
   • Do not link more than three light strands, unless the directions indicate it is safe.
   • They are medium-distance through-routes connecting important towns and linking the national primary routes.
   • There are direct and mechanical effects, such as flicking a light switch that directly links two pieces of metal, and a light goes on immediately.
   • The property also links to Shop Street, one of Galway's main retail areas.
   • Direct trains to Greenwich, Lewisham, Gravesend and Charing Cross, combined with several bus routes linking the town to Dartford and Bluewater, make it easy to get in and out of Crayford.

   Synonyms

   join, connect, fasten, attach, bind, unite, combine, amalgamate

   clamp, secure, fix, affix, tie, stick, hitch, bond, knit, glue, cement, fuse, weld, solder, couple, yoke
2. 1.2Computing Create a hyperlink between (web pages or hypertext documents)
   I've had problems linking my blog to other websites

   no object it turns out he reads my blogs and was very pleased I'd linked to his article

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The article linked above, for example, gives fascinating insights into the people of Ethiopia.
   • Check out the first book in the series, conveniently linked below.
   • Notes about each song including lyrics can be found on the individual song page linked below.
   • You will have to forgive me (or at least I'm asking you to) for linking news articles with such fervor in recent times.
   • As a writer for this and other magazines, I find my stuff often gets linked to by assorted bloggers.
   • The article linked to above makes some good points.
   • Bloggers link to articles and opinion pieces all the time without independently checking the facts in them.
   • Second, this material has to be converted to HTML, and the resulting pages linked to the course homepage.
   • Why am I the only libertarian blogger linking this?
   • Placing your portfolio on the Web allows you to link your pages to related information, which helps to situate your work within a broader context of your choosing.
   • Browse the articles to which I've linked below for information on particular varieties of flowering landscape trees.
   • Make sure that all site map pages are linked together.
   • Sorry about the bad link earlier, I can't seem to link the page directly.
   • Bloggers link to other blogger's posts to argue with them.
   • Specific research interests are listed on the individual faculty pages linked at the left.
   • His address can be found at the web page linked in the next paragraph.
   • Right now that URL links to an older post of mine, but I will update it after the conference itself.
   • Linking to and posting interesting messages on other relevant blogs may help build an audience, particularly if those other bloggers link back to you.
3. 1.3 Clasp; intertwine.
   once outside he linked arms with her

   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘Yeah,’ she whispered, linking her arm in his as they left the room.
   • Encouraging everyone to link arms, he said this was a massive show of solidarity on the part of Waterford and the Government was not going to break it.
   • She didn't let any of her new nervousness show and forced a smile as she showed off the dress before linking her arm through his once more and then walking back up the aisle.
   • It meant being prepared to link arms with their political opponents in the centre and the right in opposition to terrorism.
   • She links her arm through mine and directs me gently down the path.
   • ‘And off we go to Spanish,’ she continued, linking an arm in mine.
   • We linked arms and sang the Lambeth Walk and formed a conga line, there was laughter, and singing.
   • Hundreds of European fishermen are to link arms in a unique show of solidarity as they fight to save their industry from a predicted collapse.
   • I picked him up and we linked arms and headed to my house.
   • In Kiev, protesters standing five deep and linking arms blockaded the cabinet building.
   • Finally she links her arm into mine again and starts walking.
   • But they made it a night to remember, with fireworks, a sound system belting out Auld Lang Syne, and revellers linking arms with police and dancing in the street.
   • That is not the best position from which to link arms and march boldly towards the future.
   • Before I even know what he's doing, he links his arms around my waist and he pulls me closer.
   • It would take over 25 people linking arms to form a circle around some of the largest of these trees.
   • More floral tributes were laid on Monday by her friends, who approached the site linking arms.
   • And I'll tell you, I'm prepared to link arms with John and others and get this done.
   • I follow Matt outside, where he links his arm with mine.
   • I link arms with my agent, my soul mate, my wife.
   • Arms will be linked, kisses exchanged and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne belted out.

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