link

1 verb

1 be linked if people or events are linked, they are connected in some way: Police think the murders are linked.

(+ with/to): They believe that this illness is linked to the use of chemical pesticides.

2 (T) to connect computers, broadcast systems etc, so that electronic messages can be sent between them: link sth to: You can link your TV to your stereo for better sound. | link sth with: We'll link your PC with our network via modem.

3 (T) to connect two or more things together: These traditional stories link the past and the present.

4 (T) to believe that one fact or situation is connected with or caused by another: link sth to/with: There are compelling reasons for linking crimes like burglary and car theft with poverty.

5 (T) to join one place to another: the coastal highway linking Saigon and Hanoi

6 link arms to bend your arm and put it through someone else's bent arm

link up phrasal verb (I) to make a connection with something (+ with): The train links up with the ferry at Holyhead. | My work links up with previous research. -see also: linkup 2 noun (C)

1 a relationship between two things or ideas, in which one is caused or affected by the other

(+ between): the link between smoking and cancer

2 a relationship between two or more people, countries, organizations etc

(+ with/between): They have severed all political links with the Left.

3 one of the rings in a chain

4 rail/road/telephone link something that joins two places and allows you to travel or communicate between them: a transatlantic conference via satellite link

5 link in the chain one of the steps involved in a process

6 weak link the weakest part of a plan or the weakest member of a team

-see also: cuff link, links, missing link