Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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Synonyms: inlink
Antonyms: outlink
Broader terms: hyperlink
noun
A reference to an object on another server, allowing it to be updated periodically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A link to another page that links to the current one, often in an automatically assembled list of links to all other such pages, allowing for bidirectional navigation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To link in this fashion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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History
From back + link.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
