hyperlink
/ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/
hyperlink noun: some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
Noun
hyperlink (plural hyperlinks)
Verb
hyperlink (third-person singular simple present hyperlinks, present participle hyperlinking, simple past and past participle hyperlinked)
- To point to another document by a hyperlink.
- Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.2001, Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165
- To add a hyperlink to a document.
- One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor
- To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
- Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the page containing the disclosure is displayed by consumers' Web browsers without...1999, John Graubert, Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet”, in Canada–United States Law Journal, volume 25, page 275
hyperlink meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hyperlink in Hindi
- link from one electronic document to another
- हाइपरलिंक hāiparliṅk
hyperlink in Tamil
- மீத்தொடுப்பு
hyperlink in Urdu
- link from one electronic document to another
- ہائپرلنکس hāiparliṅk
hyperlink in Bengali
- link from one electronic document to another
- হাইপারলিংক haiparliṅk
More languagesFewer languages
- hyperlink in Kannada
- ತೆರೆಕೊಂಡಿ, ಕೂಡುಕೊಂಡಿ, ಕೊಂಡಿನುಡಿತ
- hyperlink in Tagalog
- kawingan
- hyperlink in Arabic
- اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ irtibāṭ tašaʕʕubiyy
- hyperlink in Malay
- hiperpautan
- hyperlink in Persian
- ابرپیوند abarpeyvand
- hyperlink in Thai
- ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ hai-bpəə-líng, ลิงก์ líng
- hyperlink in Vietnamese
- siêu liên kết, siêu đường dẫn, liên kết, đặt siêu liên kết
Examples of hyperlink in a sentence
- Hyperlinked text is displayed in alternate color in a Web browser.
- Hyperlinks on Wikipedia are rendered in blue text, but you'll also find links rendered in red.
- Default text-based hyperlinks look kinda boring: blue and underlined — whoopy-doo.
Synonyms of hyperlink
Forms of hyperlink
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hyperlinks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hyperlinks |
| present participle | hyperlinking |
| past participle | hyperlinked |
| past | hyperlinked |
Origin of hyperlink
From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
Words formed from hyperlink
Words that rhyme with hyperlink
Questions about hyperlink
- What does hyperlink mean?
- Hyperlink means some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
- What is hyperlink in Hindi?
- Hyperlink in Hindi is हाइपरलिंक (hāiparliṅk). See Hyperlink meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hyperlink?
- Hyperlink can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hyperlink?
- Hyperlink is pronounced /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/.
- What is the plural of hyperlink?
- The plural of hyperlink is hyperlinks.
Words near hyperlink in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperlink (page history and authors); hyperlink (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hyperlink (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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