links
English meaning: Links
Definition
Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
Example
“Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.”
Another example: “Researchers found links between stress and heart disease.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Plural of 'link'. Most commonly means clickable connections in digital documents ('useful links', 'broken links'), or connections between things ('links between diet and health'). Note: 'links' (treated as singular) is also a word for a golf course. Countable.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old Norse 'hlekkr' meaning a chain ring, entering English by the 15th century; the golf sense is from a separate Old English word 'hlinc' (rising ground).
Synonyms
- connections
- ties
- bonds
- hyperlinks
Related Words
Common Collocations
- useful links
- broken links
- links between
- related links
- build links
- provide links
Word Forms
links (pl.); link (sing.); link (v.); linked; linking
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
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