1. Make a logical or causal connection
   "I cannot link these events at all";
   - associate, tie in, relate, colligate, link up, connect
    
2. Join together or make a link between two or more pieces
   "Link arms"; "Can you link up the two loudspeakers?";
   - connect, tie, link up
    
3. Be or become joined or united or linked
   "The travellers linked up again at the airport";
   - connect, link up, join, unite
    
4. Join or bind together in a constraining or interdependent relationship
   "The two economies were linkd together by the trade agreement";
   - yoke
    
5. Add a web link to piece of text or other item in an electronic document
   "The blogger linked key terms in her article to relevant sources";
   - hyperlink, hotlink

1. The means of connection between things linked in series
   "The protein serves as a link in the biochemical pathway";
   - nexus
    
2. The state of being connected
   "the link between church and state is inescapable";
   - connection, connectedness
    
3. A fastener that serves to join or connect
   "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction";
   - linkup, tie, tie-in
    
4. A connecting shape
   "The link in the chain was broken";
   - connection, connexion [Brit]
    
5. A channel for communication between groups
   "he provided a link with the guerrillas";
   - liaison, contact, inter-group communication
    
6. (computing) a reference or pointer that connects one program element to another, as in linking separate code modules or data structures
   "The compiler created links between object files"
    
7. A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
   "The remote station maintained contact via a radio link";
   - radio link
    
8. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
   "The satellite provided a crucial data link between the research stations";
   - data link
    
9. A link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen
   "The article contained several links to related resources";
   - hyperlink, hotlink, weblink
    
10. A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
    "The surveyor's measurements were precise to the link"

Derived forms: links, linking, linked

Type of: act, attach, bear on, cerebrate, channel, circuit, cogitate, command, communication channel, communication system, concern, electric circuit, electrical circuit, fastener, fastening, fixing, form, have to do with, holdfast, instruction, line, linear measure, linear unit, linkage, move, pertain, program line, refer, relate, shape, statement, think, touch, touch on, unification, union

Part of: chain

Encyclopedia: Link, WV