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See Also:

• past participle of link.
• past tense form of link.

linked

American  

[lingkt] / lɪŋkt /

adjective

1. joined together; connected.

   The five linked rings on the Olympic flag are said to represent the continents of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.

   With your bank card you can access all your linked accounts from an ATM.

2. closely associated or correlated.

   The research deals with the linked issues of sedentary work and obesity.

3. provided with or reached by means of a hyperlink.

   You can register online by clicking on the linked seminar title.

   Links on our website should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the linked sites.

4. made up of links.

   The photo shows refugees waiting behind a linked fence.

5. Genetics. (of genes) exhibiting linkage, with the effect that the traits determined by the genes are inherited together as a unit.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of link.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• well-linked
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of linked

First recorded in 1400–50 for literal sense; late Middle English; link ¹, -ed ² for adjective senses; link ¹, -ed ¹ for verb sense

Explanation

To be linked is to be connected as if by links in a chain. If you walk arm and arm with a friend, you may appear linked. Linked, as an adjective, describes things that are connected either physically or mentally. Linked train cars are attached to one another. Two ideas that follow one another in a logical chain can also said to be linked — swimming and getting wet are inexorably linked.

Example Sentences

Theobald said studies on male athletes had already linked contact sports with certain brain conditions, but a comparable long-term study "has never been done on women".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

By Dave Eggers Knopf: 432 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The case was later reclassified to be linked with Lea County, New Mexico, because the dog was brought over by a New Mexico resident to the clinic in Texas, officials said.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Williams is also linked to a Palm Beach Gardens dwelling, which records show was purchased for $815,000 in 2015 through an LLC that she is listed as the manager of.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Her name was going to end up in the papers again, linked to Chinese codes.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Related Words

• associated
• related