Linked Links Lɪŋk Computers Cameras Tunnel Britain Rest

• the video cameras are linked to a powerful computer.
• the channel tunnel links britain with the rest of europe.
• when computers are networked, they are linked together so that information can be transferred between them.
• exposure to ultraviolet light is closely linked to skin cancer.

link

1. to make a physical or electronic connection between one object, machine, place, etc. and another
• synonym connect
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/connect
• The video cameras are linked to a powerful computer.
• The Channel Tunnel links Britain with the rest of Europe.
• When computers are networked, they are linked together so that information can be transferred between them.
2. if something links two things, facts or situations, or they are linked, they are connected in some way
• Exposure to ultraviolet light is closely linked to skin cancer.
• The two factors are directly linked.
• The personal and social development of the child are inextricably linked (= they depend on each other).
3. to state that there is a connection or relationship between two things or people
• synonym associate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/associate_1
• Detectives have linked the break-in to a similar crime in the area last year.
• Newspapers have linked his name with the singer.
4. to join two things by putting one through the other
• The two girls linked arms as they strolled down the street.

Extra Examples

• Christmas will be forever linked to memories of Sam’s death.
• Diseases that can be directly linked to pollution.
• I could not help feeling that these factors were somehow linked.
• Poverty and crime are inextricably linked.
• Scientists have linked the illness to the use of pesticides.
• She has never been romantically linked with anyone.
• The computers are linked into a network.
• The problems of the economy are intricately linked to other social issues.
• The stories are linked thematically by a number of recurring images.
• They started electronically linking these systems via high-speed networks.
• Unemployment is consistently linked with a variety of negative health effects.
• diseases that might be genetically linked
• the road that links Cairo with Alexandria
• Linking the two rooms was the perfect solution.
• The cameras are linked to a computer.
• The computers are linked together so that data can be transferred between them.
• The personal and social development of the child are inextricably linked.
• The tunnel links Britain with the rest of Europe.
• The two factors are directly linked.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they link
• he / she / it links
• past simple linked
• past participle linked
• -ing form linking

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’.