Links Definition
links
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See link.
Noun
links
- Plural form of link.
Verb
links
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of link.
Etymology 2
From Scots link (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), from Old English hlinc (“rising ground”).
Noun
links (plural links)
- A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
- 1894, “The Golfer in Search of a Climate”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 570
- but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access?
- 1919, Harold H. Hilton, “Golf Courses at Home and Abroad”, in The Windsor Magazine, no. 296, p. 173.
- The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.
- 1920, Walter Hines Page, The World’s Work, page 393
- All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows.
- 1967, Litellus Russell Muirhead, Scotland, page 278
- The links are the property of the town, the Courses being under the management of a joint committee representing the R. & A. Golf Club and the City.
- 2002, Forrest L. Richardson, Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, page 95
- A true links is built on linksland […]
- 2003, Lorne Rubenstein, A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, page 168
- A links is best when it’s really firm and when the wind is really up.
- 1894, “The Golfer in Search of a Climate”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 570
Translations
golf course
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
links n.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the adjective link 'left', from Middle Dutch linck (modern links)
Alternative forms
- linksch (obsolete; adjective only, popular etymology by analogy)
Adverb
links (comparative meer links, superlative meest links)
- on the left
- Zie je die auto links?
- Do you see the car on the left?
- Zie je die auto links?
- to the left
- Bij het volgende verkeerslicht links afslaan.
- Turn left at the next traffic light.
- We gaan naar links.
- We’re going to the left.
- Bij het volgende verkeerslicht links afslaan.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Adjective
links (comparative linkser, superlative meest links or linkst)
- (not comparable) left
- Er zit een vlek op je linkse schoen.
- There’s a spot on your left shoe.
- Er zit een vlek op je linkse schoen.
- leftist, belonging to the ideological left
- Dat zijn linkse ideeën.
- Those are leftist ideas.
- Dat zijn linkse ideeën.
- (predicatively) left-handed
- Ik ben links, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
- I’m left-handed, you cannot write with my pen.
- Ik ben links, je kan niet met mijn pen schrijven.
Declension
Declension of links| positive | comparative | superlative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| attributive | predicative | ||||
| predicative | links | linkser | |||
| neuter singular | indefinite | links | linkser | ||
| definite | linkse | linksere | linkste | het linkst(e) | |
| common singular | linkse | linksere | linkste | de linkste | |
| plural | linkse | linksere | linkste | de linkste | |
| partitive | links | linksers | |||
Synonyms
- (left): linker
- (left-handed): linkshandig
Antonyms
Derived terms
- linker
- links–extremistisch
- linkshandig
- linksheid
- linksig
- links–liberaal
- links–radicaal
Noun
links (no plural, no diminutive)
- The left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology.
- Dat is een opinie die je van links zou kunnen horen.
- That’s an opinion which could have come from the left.
- Dat is een opinie die je van links zou kunnen horen.
Derived terms
- linksgeoriënteerd
Etymology 2
See link.
Noun
links
- Nominalization of link, something which is dangerous.
- Als je nog eens zoiets links wil doen, waarschuw ons dan even.
- If you want to do something that dangerous again, give us a warning.
- Als je nog eens zoiets links wil doen, waarschuw ons dan even.
Etymology 3
From English link.
Noun
links
Anagrams
German
Etymology
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Germanic, cognate with #Dutch#links
Pronunciation
Adverb
links
- on the left
- Siehst du das Auto links?
- Do you see the car on the left?
- Siehst du das Auto links?
- to the left
- An der nächsten Ampel links abbiegen.
- Turn left at the next traffic light.
- Wir gehen nach links.
- We’re going to the left.
- An der nächsten Ampel links abbiegen.
Related terms
- Linke f.
Scots
Etymology
From Old English hlinc (“a ridge", "slope", "bank”)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /lɪŋks/
Noun
links
References
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Links) Jump to: navigation, search Look up link or links in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For help creating links in Wikipedia, see Help:Contents/Links or Help:Link Link, links, linking may refer to:Contents
- 1 Computing and internet
- 2 Telecommunications
- 3 Organizations
- 4 Mathematics and statistics
- 5 Sport
- 6 Entertainment
- 7 People
- 8 Education
- 9 Other uses
- 10 See also
Computing and internet
- Links (web browser), a graphic Internet browser for Unix-like systems
- Hyperlink, an element of an electronic source of information that branches users from one site to the next through links
<link />or<a />, an HTML element- Hard link, a reference or pointer to physical data on a storage volume
- Symbolic link, a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file
- Links (programming language), a programming language for web applications
- Linker (computing), a program that combines compiled objects into a single executable program
Telecommunications
Organizations
- Project LINK, a United Nations project to build global macroeconomic models
- LINK (UK), an ATM (cashpoint) network in the United Kingdom
- The Link (organisation), a short-lived British organization founded in 1937 "to promote Anglo-German friendship"
- The Link REIT, a real estate investment trust established by the Hong Kong Housing Authority to privatize shopping malls and carparks
- The Links, Incorporated, an African-American female professional service organization
- Hong Kong Link, a holding company for toll tunnels and bridges wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong
- Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a human rights advocacy group
- LINKS, a collection of student run St John Ambulance units
- LINks - UK "Local Involvement Networks" a network of locally based organizations that allow individuals to have their say in how health and social care is delivered in their area.
Mathematics and statistics
- Link (knot theory), a union of separated mathematical knots, possibly tangled together
- Link (geometry), a graph derived from edges and corners incident to a vertex
- The link function, used in generalized linear models
Sport
- Links (golf), a type of golf course
- Links (magazine), a U.S. golf magazine
Entertainment
Television and film
- Link (film), a 1986 horror movie featuring an orangutan
- Link TV, an independent American satellite television network
- Link (The Matrix), a character in Matrix media
- Link Larkin, a character from the musical Hairspray
- Link, the ice age man character in the 1992 American film Encino Man
- Link Hogthrob, character from The Muppets
- The Missing Link, a character from the 2009 animated film, Monsters vs. Aliens
Video games
- Link (The Legend of Zelda), the main character in The Legend of Zelda media
- Linking Book, a form of travel in the Myst series of games
- Links (computer game), computer-simulated golf game by Access Software
- Pokémon Link!, a puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. Known as Pokémon Trozei! outside of Europe
Music
- Link (singer), an American R&B singer
- Link (album), a 1996 Goa trance album by Mathuresh
- "Link" (song), a single by the Japanese band L'Arc-en-Ciel
- "Links 2-3-4", a 2001 single by Rammstein
- Link Wray, American rock and roll guitarist
- WLNK (107. 9 the Link), a radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina
People
- Edwin Albert Link (1904-1981), American inventor and engineer
- Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767-1850), German naturalist and botanist
- Goethe Link (1879-1980), American surgeon and amateur astronomer
Education
- Hands On Learning Australia, implements the HOL LiNK program (Literacy and Numeracy Knowledge)
Other uses
- Link (chain), a single segment of a chain
- Link (unit), a British and US unit of linear measure in surveying: 100 links = 1 chain
- LINK Train, a people-mover train in the Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada
- Link Light Rail, a light rail project in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, US
- Link River, a short river in Klamath Falls, Oregon, US
- Link, a single sausage, originally part of a chain
- Link, or linking col, a topographical feature used in determining topographic prominence
- The Links, mascot for Lincoln High School
- L.I.N.K.: Low Income No Kids, a financial term used for single individuals with no kids, see DINKY
- Links, the Office Assistant cat, one of several interactive animated characters available in Microsoft Office to assist users who interface with the Office help content
See also
- Linker
- The Link (disambiguation)
- Linc (disambiguation)
- Linx (disambiguation)
- Lynx (disambiguation)
- Language Integrated Query (LINQ, pronounced "link"), Microsoft .NET Framework component that adds native data querying capabilities to .NET languages
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