I.
noun
1 connection
ADJECTIVE
▪ close , tight
▪ inextricable , strong
▪ tenuous , weak
▪ clear , definite , obvious
▪ possible , potential
▪
Scientists have established possible ~s between cancer and diet.
▪ alleged
▪
her alleged ~s to a violent separatist group.
▪ critical , crucial , essential , important , key , significant , vital
▪
Social workers provide a vital ~ between hospital and community.
▪ common
▪
The common ~ between the three artists is their age.
▪ formal , informal
▪ direct , indirect
▪ historical , long-standing ( esp. BrE )
▪ connecting
▪ causal
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The report failed to prove a causal ~ between violence on screen and in real life.
▪ conceptual
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This provided a key conceptual ~ with earlier theory.
▪ symbolic
▪ missing
▪
the missing ~ in the search for the causes of cancer
▪ tangible
▪
a tangible ~ with the past
▪ psychic , telepathic
▪
They share a telepathic ~.
▪ business ( esp. BrE ), commercial , communication , cultural , diplomatic ( esp. BrE ) (usually diplomatic ties in BrE and AmE ) , economic , financial , military , political , professional , sporting ( esp. BrE ), trade ( esp. BrE ), etc.
▪ family , genetic
▪ air ( esp. BrE ), rail , railway ( BrE ), road ( esp. BrE ), transport ( BrE ), transportation ( AmE )
VERB + LINK
▪ have
▪ build , create , develop , establish , forge , form , foster ( esp. BrE ), make
▪
The college is anxious to build ~s with local industries.
▪ provide
▪ maintain , preserve
▪ strengthen
▪ demonstrate , highlight , show
▪
research demonstrating the ~s between teaching standards and student performance
▪ discover , find , identify , reveal , uncover
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No ~s have been found between the two cases.
▪ examine , explore , investigate
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Her work explores the ~s between violence and gender relations.
▪ indicate , suggest
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The study suggests a strong ~ between workplace culture and a business's financial performance.
▪ prove
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Studies haven't proven a ~ between sugar and hyperactivity.
▪ recognize
▪ deny
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The author denies the ~ between capitalism and fascism.
▪ weaken
▪ break , cut , sever
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She has severed her last ~s with her family.
LINK + VERB
▪ connect sth
▪ exist
▪
A strong ~ exists between music and the visual arts.
LINK + NOUN
▪ road ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ across
▪
trade ~s across the border
▪ ~ between
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The statistics show a clear ~ between social class and crime.
▪ ~ in
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The sales manager is regarded as the weakest ~ in the chain.
▪ ~ into ( esp. AmE )
▪
ER & C has strong ~s into our company and into the industry.
▪ ~ to
▪
There is no ~ to an increase in cases of the disease.
▪ ~ with
▪
the city's traditional ~ with opera
2 electrical connection
ADJECTIVE
▪ audio , video
▪ radio , satellite , telephone
▪ Internet , network
▪ modem , wireless
▪ fast , high-speed
▪ data , digital , email
VERB + LINK
▪ have
▪ establish
▪ lose
▪ provide
PREPOSITION
▪ via a/the ~
▪
a race transmitted via a satellite ~
▪ ~ to
▪
The driver has a radio ~ to base.
▪ ~ via
▪
We're trying to establish a ~ via satellite.
3 to a web page
ADJECTIVE
▪ embedded , hypertext , Internet , navigation , text , Web , website
▪ bad , broken
▪
One of the most important indicators of a high-quality site is absence of broken ~s.
▪ related , relevant , useful
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You'll find some useful ~s on the first couple of pages.
VERB + LINK
▪ have
▪
The page has ~s to relevant websites.
▪ add , build , create
▪ click , click on
▪ follow
▪ post , send
▪
I'll send you the ~ by email.
▪ check , update
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The program checks ~s to all pages on this and external sites.
▪ remove
▪ fix
LINK + VERB
▪ lead to sth , point to sth
▪ work
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
a ~ to my website
II.
verb ( often be linked )
ADVERB
▪ closely , intimately
▪ firmly , strongly , tightly
▪ indirectly , loosely
▪ directly , explicitly , specifically
▪
Diseases that can be directly ~ed to pollution.
▪ indissolubly ( formal ), inextricably , inseparably , integrally
▪
Poverty and crime are inextricably ~ed.
▪ clearly , obviously
▪ necessarily
▪ intrinsically
▪ intricately
▪
The problems of the economy are intricately ~ed to other social issues.
▪ causally
▪ consistently
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Unemployment is consistently ~ed with a variety of negative health effects.
▪ physically
▪ genetically , historically , thematically
▪
diseases that might be genetically ~ed
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The stories are ~ed thematically by a number of recurring images.
▪ electronically
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They started electronically ~ing these systems via high-speed networks.
▪ romantically
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She has never been romantically ~ed with anyone.
▪ in some way , somehow
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I could not help feeling that these factors were somehow ~ed.
▪ forever
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Christmas will be forever ~ed to memories of Sam's death.
▪ together , up
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The two spacecraft will ~ up in orbit.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
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The computers are ~ed into a network.
▪ to
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Scientists have ~ed the illness to the use of pesticides.
▪ with
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the road that ~s Cairo with Alexandria
Link is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bond , ↑ bridge , ↑ corridor , ↑ evidence , ↑ footpath , ↑ pipeline , ↑ route , ↑ speculation , ↑ thread
Link is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arm , ↑ computer , ↑ murder