Link Chain Lɪŋk Strong Direct Extra Examples Social

• police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.
• there is evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
• to establish/find a link
• these photographs are a direct link with the past.

link

1. a connection between two or more people or things
• SEE ALSO missing link
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/missing-link
• Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.
• There is evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
• to establish/find a link
• These photographs are a direct link with the past.
• Many of them had no previous links to terrorism.

Extra Examples

• Her work explores the links between violence and gender relations.
• Studies haven't proven a link between sugar and hyperactivity.
• The author denies the link between capitalism and fascism.
• The statistics show a clear link between social class and crime.
• The study suggests a strong link between workplace culture and a business's financial performance.
• There is no link to an increase in cases of the disease.
• This provided a key conceptual link with earlier theories.
2. a relationship between two or more people, countries or organizations
• to establish trade links with Asia
• Producers are forging direct links with consumers.
• The department tries to maintain close links with industry.
• Social workers provide a vital link between hospital and community.
• The agreement will strengthen the links between the two countries.

Extra Examples

• ER & C has strong links into our company and into the industry.
• She has severed her last links with her family.
• The college is anxious to build links with local industries.
• her alleged links to a violent separatist group.
• The department is interested in developing closer links with industry.
• Social customs provide a vital link between generations.
3. a means of travelling or communicating between two places
• a high-speed rail link
• a video link
• The canal was an important transport link between England and Wales.
• The driver has a radio link to base.
• We're trying to establish a link via satellite.
• The speech was broadcast via a satellite link.
4. a place in an electronic document that is connected to another electronic document or to another part of the same document
• You can find all the details by clicking this link.
• Follow the links to watch our exclusive trailer.
• I've posted a link to the article, for those who are interested.

Extra Examples

• I'll send you the link by email.
• The program checks links to all pages on this and external sites.
• You'll find some useful links on the first couple of pages.
• To visit similar websites to this one, click on the links at the bottom of the page.
5. each ring of a chain
• SEE ALSO cufflink
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cufflink
• The chain was too long so I removed a few of the links.
6. a chain of long thin sausages; an individual long thin sausage
• You need four Italian sausage links.
7. one of the stages in a process or a line of argument
• Food production, processing and marketing are different links in the chain from farmer to consumer.
• Death is the last link in the chain.
8. the point at which a system or an organization is most likely to fail
• She went straight for the one weak link in the chain of his argument.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense a loop; also as a verb in the sense ‘connect physically’): from Old Norse hlekkr, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelenk ‘joint’.