linking

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 7.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Serving to connect other things together.

   Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.

2. noun Linkage.
3. verb present participle and gerund of link

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

Similar words

linkup connection nexus connexion connectedness connect tie-in unite associate liaison

Often followed by

the of up it them to and together a

Word family

link linkage linkages linked links