"link" meaning in English

See link in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /liŋk/ Audio: en-us-link.ogg [US] Forms: link [singular], links [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]

Verb

IPA: /liŋk/ Audio: en-us-link.ogg [US] Forms: link [canonical], links [third-person, singular], linked [past], linked [past, participle], linking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
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    },
    {
      "form": "links",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linked",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linking",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "The Northern Ireland economy is closely linked to that of the rest of the United Kingdom."
        },
        {
          "text": "A number of computers can be linked together to make a network."
        }
      ],
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        "If you link two or more things, you make a connection between them."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "It's easy to see a close link between studying and good grades."
        },
        {
          "text": "The link between England and Europe is an old one."
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A link is a word or picture on the Internet that you click to go to another page."
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "linked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linked",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linking",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "text": "The Northern Ireland economy is closely linked to that of the rest of the United Kingdom."
        },
        {
          "text": "A number of computers can be linked together to make a network."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "text": "It's easy to see a close link between studying and good grades."
        },
        {
          "text": "The link between England and Europe is an old one."
        }
      ],
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        "A link is a connection between two or more things."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "link"
}

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