linking

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: link‧ing

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
   • 1986, Douglas Pulleyblank, Tone in Lexical Phonology (page 11)

     […] I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.

Verb

linking

1. present participle of link

   The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.

Anagrams

• inkling, kilning, klining