Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Connected, especially by or as if by links.
  • adjective Genetics Exhibiting linkage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Associated.
  • adjective (Genetics) Exhibiting linkage{5}.
  • adjective Having a connection.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of link.
  • adjective connected, either with links, or as if with links
  • adjective computing having links (between modules, records etc)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

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Examples

  • I was honored to receive the Jesse Owens International Trophy four times and thus have my name linked with his.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • I was honored to receive the Jesse Owens International Trophy four times and thus have my name linked with his.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • I was honored to receive the Jesse Owens International Trophy four times and thus have my name linked with his.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • His name linked to that of Baron Philippe de Rothschild!

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • The title linked article states that Scholastic Magazine will not attribute the change to Bush or his failures and unpopularity, but what else could have created such a drastic change in an historic dream?

    Archive 2006-04-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2006

  • So closely was his name linked with Jackson's, and so justly popular was Old Bald Head for his gallant generosity that none questioned, apparently, either the appointment or his ability to fill it.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • So closely was his name linked with Jackson's, and so justly popular was Old Bald Head for his gallant generosity that none questioned, apparently, either the appointment or his ability to fill it.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • So too did a name linked to the Daily Mirror, the Sun's left-wing rival.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • So, too, did a name linked to the Daily Mirror, the Sun's left-wing rival.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Raphael Satter 2011

  • Michigan's Lake Superior State University features the term linked to popular online video clips in its annual

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jeff Karoub 2010

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