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linkage

'liŋkidʒ4 senses · 52 ms
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noun/ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ/
  1. 1

    A mechanical device that connects things.countableuncountable

    • A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
  2. 2

    A connection or relation between things or ideas.countableuncountable

    • Far from ignoring linkages between gays and the poor and working class, I specifically made the point that they are common victims of the bureaucratic revolution.
  3. 3

    The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    The property of genes of being inherited together.countableuncountable

  5. 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.countableuncountable

  6. 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.UScountablehistorical

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