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link verb

[transitive] verb
/lɪŋk/
1

if people, things, or events are linked, they are related to each other in some way

Example

Police suspect that the two murder cases are linked.

Example

Rock music has often been linked with the drug culture.

Example

People's physical and emotional well-being are inextricably linked.

Synonyms and related words
link surround correspond
2

to say or show that two things are related, or that one of the things causes the other

Example

Police have evidence linking Bates to a drug-importation operation.

Example

Scientists now link certain types of cancer to the amount of junk food that people consume.

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compare connect link
3

to connect two or more places

Example

Several new roads will link the southern and northern regions of the country.

Example

a new footbridge linking the Tate Modern with St Paul's Cathedral

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ascend bend bifurcate
3.1

to connect things together so that they stay attached

Example

Link the supply cable to the fitting at the rear of the machine.

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fasten fix attach
3.2

to connect computers so that information can be sent between them

Synonyms and related words
access archive author
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