linked
Americanadjective
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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.
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closely associated or correlated.
The research deals with the linked issues of sedentary work and obesity.
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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.
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made up of links.
The photo shows refugees waiting behind a linked fence.
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Genetics. (of genes) exhibiting linkage, with the effect that the traits determined by the genes are inherited together as a unit.
verb
Other Word Forms
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.
Vocabulary lists containing linked
Example Sentences
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All of the findings were statistically significant except the reduction linked to heart failure.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Officers also visited an address linked with the bike, but the evidence was not strong enough to enable a search.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Scribner: 384 pages, $30 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 • May 19, 2026
"The deaths we are reporting are all the deaths we have identified in the community, without necessarily saying that they are all linked to Ebola," he added.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The otters linked arms to form a raft of furry bodies that undulated with the gently rolling waves.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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