(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If there is a ~ between two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example because one thing causes or affects the other.
...the ~ between smoking and lung cancer.
= connection
N-COUNT: usu N between/with n
2.
If someone or something ~s two things or situations, there is a relationship between them, for example because one thing causes or affects the other.
The UN Security Council has ~ed any lifting of sanctions to compliance with the ceasefire terms...
Liver cancer is ~ed to the hepatitis B virus...
The detention raised two distinct but closely ~ed questions.
VERB: V n to/with n, V n to/with n, V-ed
see also index-~ed
3.
A ~ between two things or places is a physical connection between them.
...the high-speed rail ~ between London and the Channel Tunnel...
Stalin insisted that the radio ~ with the German Foreign Ministry should remain open.
N-COUNT: oft supp N, usu N between/with n
4.
If two places or objects are ~ed or something ~s them, there is a physical connection between them.
...the Rama Road, which ~s the capital, Managua, with the Caribbean coast...
The campus is ~ed by regular bus services to Coventry.
...the Channel Tunnel ~ing Britain and France.
VERB: V n with/to n, V n with/to n, V pl-n
5.
A ~ between two people, organizations, or places is a friendly or business connection between them.
Kiev hopes to cement close ~s with Bonn...
In 1984 the long ~ between AC Cars and the Hurlock family was severed...
A cabinet minister came under investigation for ~s to the Mafia.
N-COUNT: usu N with/between/to n
6.
A ~ to another person or organization is something that allows you to communicate with them or have contact with them.
She was my only ~ with the past...
These projects will provide vital ~s between companies and universities.
N-COUNT: N with/between/to n
7.
If you ~ one person or thing to another, you claim that there is a relationship or connection between them.
Criminologist Dr Ann Jones has ~ed the crime to social circumstances...
They’ve ~ed her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump.
VERB: V n to/with n, V n to/with n, also V pl-n
8.
In computing, a ~ is a connection between different documents, or between different parts of the same document, using hypertext.
N-COUNT
•
Link is also a verb.
Certainly, Andreessen didn’t think up using hypertext to ~ Internet documents.
VERB: V n
9.
A ~ is one of the rings in a chain.
N-COUNT
10.
If you ~ one thing with another, you join them by putting one thing through the other.
She ~ed her arm through his...
He ~ed the fingers of his hands together on his stomach.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, also V n
•
If two or more people ~ arms, or if one person ~s arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
She stayed with them, ~ing arms with the two girls, joking with the boys.
PHRASE: pl-n PHR, PHR with n
11.
see also ~-up