"linkify" meaning in English

See linkify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: linkifies [present, singular, third-person], linkifying [participle, present], linkified [participle, past], linkified [past]
Etymology: From link + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|link|ify}} link + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} linkify (third-person singular simple present linkifies, present participle linkifying, simple past and past participle linkified)
  1. (Internet, informal) To convert (something in a body of text) to one or more internal links or hyperlinks. Tags: Internet, informal Categories (topical): Internet Derived forms: linkification Translations (to convert to a hyperlink): linkesít (Hungarian), opovezničiti [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-linkify-en-verb-1lbrAe6M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for linkify meaning in English (1.8kB)

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