English Explanatory Dictionary

linkage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mechanical device that connects things.
  2. A connection or relation between things or ideas.
  3. The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
  4. The property of genes of being inherited together.
  5. A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
  6. A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-linkage.wav

Word forms

linkage linkages

Etymology

From link + -age.

Synonyms

association bond connection link relationship

Related words

link linker link time

Derived words

backward linkage brand linkage cross-linkage delinkage hyperlinkage interlinkage linkage disequilibrium linkage editor linkage map linkage section mislinkage multilinkage oxylinkage relinkage
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