linking

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: link‧ing

Adjective

linking (not comparable)

  1. Serving to connect other things together.
    Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

Noun

linking (plural linkings)

  1. Linkage.
    • 1986, Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology, page 11:
      […] I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

Verb

linking

  1. present participle and gerund of link
    The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

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