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

• 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

By Julia Langbein Doubleday: 320 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 • Apr. 22, 2026

Its 1Q results benefited from rising metal prices, they note, and expect optimism around core-profit contributor gold to continue, backed by central-bank buying and speculative demand linked to exchange-traded funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"It is a pandemic for us," said 30-year-old mother Sharon Mbonani, who was forced to separate from her one-year-old son and send him to another province after doctors linked his respiratory problems to environmental factors.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

They'll give counts via a microphone linked to his hearing aids, allowing him to keep time with the rest of the team.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The NSA also took the index cards linked to them.

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

Related Words

• associated
• related