linked

Related to linked: LinkedIn, Linked Data, Singly linked list

link (someone or something) up to (someone or something)

To create or establish a connection between one person or thing and someone or something else. In this usage, the first noun or pronoun can also come after "up." I can link up our computer to the company database over the internet. They linked me up to a machine that monitored my brain activity.
See also: link, up

link to (someone or something)

1. To have a connection with someone or something. The sudden reversal in policy seems to link to pressure put on the administration by several large lobby groups. I only found out recently that our family tree links to George Washington!
2. To connect multiple people or things physically to one another. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "link" and "to." We linked each child's leg to their neighbor's with a bandana for the three-legged race. Link each paper hoop to the next in order to create a chain.
3. To find, discover, or establish a connection between multiple people or things. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "link" and "to." Often used in passive constructions. There's nothing linking me to their criminal activities! Long-term use of the medication has been linked to heart failure, respiratory issues, and muscular atrophy. I can link our computer to the company database over the internet.
See also: link

link together (with someone or something)

1. To have a connection with someone or something. We're sisters, so we're forever linked together! Don't you think it's dangerous that the whole economy is linked together with the financial performance of a single company?
2. To connect multiple people or things physically to one another. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "link" and "together." We linked the children's legs together using a bandana for their three-legged race. Link each paper hoop together with the next one in order to create a chain.
3. To find, discover, or establish a connection between multiple people or things. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "link" and "together." Often used in passive constructions. There's nothing linking Paul together with the murder weapon. Nothing! An outbreak of hives has now been linked together with other allergic reactions to the drug.
See also: link, someone, together

link up

1. To join with or connect to something. These two toys link up to create a super-sized robot. According to the map, the creek should link up with the main river about a mile from here.
2. To connect two or more things together. In this usage, noun or pronoun can be used between "link" and "up." If you link up the monitors, you can have each spreadsheet open at full size on each screen. Just link your phones up over Bluetooth and share the data wirelessly.
3. To meet with someone. I'm linking up with the teaching assistant this Tuesday to go over my test results. I'd love to pick your brain about new ideas for our next project. Let's link up sometime next week!
4. To join someone or a group to form a team, association, partnership. They should definitely link up—I think their two companies would be really well suited to each other. By linking up with the foreign distribution company, we've been able to quadruple our sales in under a year. If we linked up, we could solve this crime in no time.
5. To introduce two or more people; to join two or more people together into a team, association, or partnership. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "link" and "up." I'm going to link you up with my tax adviser—she should be able to help you with your problem. My job is to link companies up with a PR representative who fits their day-to-day needs. I've been trying to link you two up for years—I think you'd be perfect for each other!
See also: link, up

link up with (someone or something)

1. To make contact with another person. I'm going to link up with my friends after we're finished eating dinner, if that's all right. You should definitely link up with Nancy while you're in Tokyo.
2. To create or establish a connection to something else. I linked up with the company database to retrieve the documents that I need. The TV is just trying to link up with the Internet.
3. To create or establish a connection between one person or thing and someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used before or after "up." I can link my phone up with yours so that it sends you any photos that I take automatically. They linked me up with a machine that monitored my brain activity.
See also: link, up

link with (someone or something)

1. To make contact with another person. I'm going to link with my friends after we're finished eating dinner, if that's all right. You should definitely link with Nancy while you're in Tokyo.
2. To create or establish a connection to something else. I linked with the company database to retrieve the documents that I need. The TV is just trying to link with the Internet.
3. To create or establish a connection between one person or thing and someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "link" and "with." I can link my phone with yours so that it sends you any photos that I take automatically. They linked me with a machine that monitored my brain activity.
See also: link
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

link someone or something up (to something)

to connect someone or something to something, usually with something that has a type of fastener or connector that constitutes a link. They promised that they would link me up to the network today. They will link up my computer to the network today.
See also: link, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

link up

v.
1. To collaborate or team up: The two minority parties linked up to oppose the ruling party. Two popular bands have linked up for a nationwide tour.
2. To introduce someone into a relationship or collaboration with others: Can you link me up with a good financial adviser? I linked them up last year and now they are partners. The convention links up buyers and sellers.
3. To join together: The two trains linked up to form one long train. This road links up with the highway in six miles.
4. To connect something with some other thing: We linked the trailer up to the truck. I linked up four extension cords and plugged the vacuum cleaner in. They linked the computers up so that they could share files.
5. To meet with someone, especially in order to do something: Let's link up next week and discuss the report. I linked up with my friends after the concert.
See also: link, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • spiff up
  • spiffed up
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
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The Linked list is classified according to different compositions of its nodes (Dastidar et al., 2003).
CONTENT DOMAIN AND STRATEGY FOR TEACHING LINKED LIST IN PEDAGOGICALLY EFFECTIVE MANNER
Once a linked cell is located, it can be edited or deleted by the methods described above.
Links in a blink: Excel data can collaborate with data in other workbooks
Two of the linked cluster members did not reside in town Y.
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a rural community, Arkansas, 1945-2000. (Tuberculosis Genotyping Network)
As a result statements made in the paper discussing the "reliability superiority" of soft-linked items to hard linked items are completely unfounded.
A reply to Loerke, Jones, and Chow (1999) on the "Psychometric benefits" of linked items
Linked bounces from story to story in short snippets, and sometimes feels like a 250-page "Tilting at Windmills" column, but it's still very lucid by the standards of scientific exposition.
Net gain
Soft-linked items do not require the examinee to answer the preceding item correctly in order to get his/her response scored as correct for the linked item(s).
PSYCHOMETRIC BENEFITS OF SOFT-LINKED SCORING ALGORITHMS IN ACHIEVEMENT TESTING
High risk has also been linked to men in the perfume and soap industry, where men are often exposed to estrogen-containing creams.
Male breast cancer?
Patient 13 was linked indirectly to patient 2 (bar 1) through acquaintances with patient 2's family members (patients 16-18); TB was diagnosed for these patients in 1991.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission between cluster members with similar fingerprint patterns. (Tuberculosis Genotyping Network)
Hard-linked items require the examinee to get the first linked item correct before any of the subsequent linked items may be answered correctly.
The psychometric benefits of soft-linked items: a reply to Pope and Harley
* Records related to the same or similar matters are not linked together and are often stored on different computers or different areas of a file server.
Applying Records Retention to Electronic Records
In addition to the information and services available on the site itself, it acts as a portal to over 250 sites selected by an independent accreditation group, which ensures these linked sites are an effective source of business information.
DIALOG REDEVELOPS AND OPERATES UK DEPT. OF TRADE/INDUSTRY IP
They inserted into the animals a human gene, HLA-B27, that has been linked to the disease.
Gastrointestinal blues: research finds bugs that inflame the human gut
Since the data and the chart are automatically linked, any changes in the underlying data in the spreadsheet change the chart at the same time.
Show-and-tell in real time: link a spreadsheet to a PowerPoint slide for up-to-the-minute visuals
Important readings to accompany weekly lectures and discussions were available through the University electronic reserves, which was linked through the course home page.
Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Classroom
To use multiple network ports in a server more effectively, an enterprise can create a logical or virtual adapter by grouping together multiple physical adapters linked by an intermediate driver.
Improving e-Business Server Availability