- present tense form of link (3rd person singular).
links
Americannoun
plural noun
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short for golf links
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a links course
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undulating sandy ground near the shore
Etymology
Origin of links
before 1100; Middle English lynkys slopes, Old English hlincas, plural of hlinc rising ground, equivalent to hlin ( ian ) to lean 1, bend (akin to Greek klī́nein to cause to slope) + -k suffix
Example Sentences
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The framework, created by researchers at Heidelberg University's Institute for Theoretical Physics, explains how quasiparticles emerge and links two previously disconnected quantum states.
From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026
Khan said: "We have now found concrete evidence that links what is happening on the ground through linkage evidence to specific persons in leadership mode."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
The DHS spokesperson would not say if ICE knew of Villafranca or Yepez’s alleged links to Lopez’s death, or comment on agents’ potential interference in a murder conspiracy case.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
Weiss is now on the run in Dubai and is wanted for possible links to fugitive Austrian spy, Jan Marsalek, who is thought to be in Moscow.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Circumstances knit themselves, fitted themselves, shot into order: the chain that had been lying hitherto a formless lump of links was drawn out straight,—every ring was perfect, the connection complete.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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