# linked

Pronunciation: say "LINGKT" /lɪŋkt/

## Adjective

1. Joined or connected to something else, whether physically, by a shared cause, or through references between parts such as data records or files.
   - Simple: Joined or connected to something else.
   - _The committee concluded that the two scandals were closely linked._
   - _A series of linked tunnels ran beneath the old fortress._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of link, used as a verb for the act of connecting or joining things (she linked the two files), not to describe the state of being connected. — simple past and past participle of link
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of link, used for the act of joining or connecting things.
   - _Investigators linked the two crimes to the same suspect._
   - _Last spring the city linked the two parks with a new bike path._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/linked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).