Meaning & Definition of Link in English

1. The means of connection between things linked in series

2. A fastener that serves to join or connect

• "The walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"

3. The state of being connected

• "The connection between church and state is inescapable"

4. A connecting shape

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"

8. A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave)

• Part of a more extensive telecommunication network

9. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

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"

2. Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"

• "Tie the ropes together"

• "Link arms"

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"

4. Link with or as with a yoke

• "Yoke the oxen together"