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A l___ between two people, organizations, or places is a friendly or business connection between them.A link between two people, organizations, or places is a friendly or business connection between them.
The university has close links with local employers.
In 1984 the long link between AC Cars and the Hurlock family was severed.
A cabinet minister came under investigation for links to the Mafia.
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noun
If there is a link between two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example because one thing causes or affects the other.
...the link between smoking and lung cancer.
A link between two things or places is a physical connection between them.
...the high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel.
The new road schemes include a link between the two cities.
Stalin insisted that the radio link with the German Foreign Ministry should remain open.
A link between two people, organizations, or places is a friendly or business connection between them.
The university has close links with local employers.
In 1984 the long link between AC Cars and the Hurlock family was severed.
A cabinet minister came under investigation for links to the Mafia.
A link to another person or organization is something that allows you to communicate with them or have contact with them.
She was my only link with the past.
The Red Cross was created to provide a link between soldiers in battle and their families at home.
These projects will provide vital links between companies and universities.
In computing, a link is a connection between different documents, or between different parts of the same document, using hypertext .
Certainly, Andreessen didn't think up using hypertext to link Internet documents.
A link is one of the rings in a chain.
verb
If someone or something links two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example because one thing causes or affects the other.
The U.N. Security Council has linked any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms.
The study further strengthens the evidence linking smoking with early death.
Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.
The detention raised two distinct but closely linked questions.
If two places or objects are linked or something links them, there is a physical connection between them.
...the Rama Road, which links the capital, Managua, with the Caribbean coast.
The campus is linked by regular bus services to Coventry.
...the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France.
If you link one person or thing to another, you claim that there is a relationship or connection between them.
Criminologist Dr Ann Jones has linked the crime to social circumstances.
The tabloids have linked him with various women.
...a report in The Sunday Times linking him with organized crime.
If you link one thing with another, you join them by putting one thing through the other.
She linked her arm through his.
He linked the fingers of his hands together on his stomach.
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