linking

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

Derived terms

• borderlinking
• deep linking
• hotlinking
• linking consonant
• linking element
• linking number
• linking r
• linking verb
• linking vowel
• multilinking
• nonlinking

Anagrams

• inkling, kilning, klining