links
Americannoun
plural noun
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short for golf links
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( as modifier )
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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Panama because of the canal, which links shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific.
From Barron's
So who is the Red Devils' director of football, how did he rise to such a key role and why has there been some criticism of his Manchester City links?
From BBC
Could this be a forerunner to the Lancashire links staging the men's Open which was last held there 14 years ago?
From BBC
Eurostar, which links the UK to the European mainland, told passengers travelling between London and the Netherlands to postpone their journeys, as services could not operate beyond Brussels due to the Dutch weather.
From Barron's
This advance was possible because the researchers identified links between the equations used in dipole models and those found in complexity theory.
From Science Daily
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