# linking

Pronunciation: say "LINK-ing" /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of link. — present participle and gerund of link
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of link. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The new road is linking two towns that were once far apart._
   - _Linking the survey results to the sales data showed the trend._

## Adjective

2. Acting as a connecting link between two or more separate things or parts.
   - Simple: That joins two or more things to each other.
   - _The editor inserted a linking clause to connect the two arguments smoothly._
   - _A linking corridor runs between the old wing and the new extension._

## Noun

3. The act of connecting things, or the state of being connected together.
   - Simple: The act of joining things together, or the state of being joined.
   - _The linking of the two databases eliminated thousands of duplicate records._
   - _Poor linking between the chapters made the report hard to follow._

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