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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Her arrest follows the return to Australia this month of a number of women and children linked to suspected Islamic State fighters.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Previous studies have linked higher IL-6 levels to depression.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
It can cause plaque to build up in blood vessels and is linked to heart disease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
A Ukrainian man accused of conspiring to set fire to a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer has told a court that he refused to film the attack despite an alleged accomplice "begging" him to.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Our observable universe sits inside one of these bubbles—or several of them that got linked together.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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