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linking

Syllables: link·ing/ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/

linking adjective: serving to connect other things together. Also the present participle and gerund of link.

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

Also used as

linking is also the present participle and gerund of link.

linking meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi

linking in Bengali

লিঙ্কিং

linking in Telugu

లింకింగ్

linking in Malayalam

ലിങ്കുചെയ്യുന്നു, ലിങ്കിംഗ്

linking in Punjabi

ਲਿੰਕਿੰਗ
More languagesFewer languages
linking in Odia
ଲିଙ୍କିଂ
linking in Nepali
लिङ्क गर्दै

Forms of linking

plurallinkings

Words formed from linking

Phrases with linking

Words that rhyme with linking

Questions about linking

What does linking mean?
Linking means serving to connect other things together.
What is linking in Bengali?
Linking in Bengali is লিঙ্কিং. See Linking meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is linking?
Linking can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce linking?
Linking is pronounced /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near linking in the dictionary

  1. linkification
  2. linkified
  3. linkifies
  4. linkify
  5. linkifying
  6. linking
  7. linking consonant
  8. linking consonants
  9. linking element
  10. linking elements
  11. linking in

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: linking (page history and authors); linking (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linking (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linking (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linking (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linking (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); linking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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