link
A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
Example
“The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.”
Other meanings
One element of a chain or other connected series.
“The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.”
The connection between buses or systems.
“A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "hlenċe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “link” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.