/lɪŋktˈɪn/
LinkedIn proper noun: a social media site focused on career development and professional networking.
Proper noun
- A social media site focused on career development and professional networking.
- The notices sent to staffers in the office suggested that they contact the former director of the office if they had a complaint — but that director died late last year, Karen Shields, a former CMS executive, posted on LinkedIn on Tuesday morning.2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN
Noun
LinkedIn (plural LinkedIns)
- A particular profile on LinkedIn.
- Her LinkedIn includes a laundry list of accomplishments.
- All three of them worked for the Betches brand — Paige as a writer, Jordan in client relations, and Hannah as a creative video producer, according to their LinkedIns.2019 March 11, Martha Sorren, “Hannah From 'Summer House' Has A Podcast All About Describing Your Personal Hell”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022
Examples of LinkedIn in a sentence
- To join the app's waitlist, users must authenticate their accounts by connecting their LinkedIns — that tells you pretty much all you need to know.2023 June 3, Hannah Albertine, “A 2023 User's Manual to Dating Apps”, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, P.A.: Metrocorp, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- Dare I update my LinkedIn to showcase such a profound new opportunity?2023 October 3, Kate Hoad-Reddick, “I celebrated my parental leave on my LinkedIn, as I would for any new job”, in CBC News, archived from...
Forms of LinkedIn
| plural | LinkedIns |
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Origin of LinkedIn
From link in (“to connect in a useful or meaningful way”).
Words formed from LinkedIn
Words that rhyme with LinkedIn
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- Flynn
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- Quinn
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- Finn
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- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
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- been
- begin
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- hin
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- whin
- zoom in
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- kissing kin
- lecithin
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Questions about LinkedIn
- What does LinkedIn mean?
- LinkedIn means a social media site focused on career development and professional networking.
- How do you use LinkedIn in a sentence?
- To join the app's waitlist, users must authenticate their accounts by connecting their LinkedIns — that tells you pretty much all you need to know.
- What part of speech is LinkedIn?
- LinkedIn can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce LinkedIn?
- LinkedIn is pronounced /lɪŋktˈɪn/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: LinkedIn (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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