noun

link

Translation

link, connection, relationship

Click on the link to visit the website.

There is a strong link between smoking and cancer.

The chain is made of many links.

((a/the)) link ((to sth.)) a connection to a website or document Here is the link to the article.

((a/the)) link ((between A and B)) a relationship between two things Police found a link between the two crimes.

Synonyms: connection, bond, tie, relation

From Old Norse 'hlenkr', meaning 'a ring of a chain'.

Imagine a chain made of many 'links' connecting two points. This applies to physical chains, websites (hyperlinks), and ideas.