to link-up
- phrasal verb
- /ˈlɪŋkˌʌp/
- Specialized
- We need to link up our systems to improve communication between departments.
You're making that box the bridge that links up your app to all the lights.
- You're making that box the bridge that links up your app to all the lights.
- We'll we'll link up to the Internet version of this in the blog.
- And we'll have that linked up at the top of our page on the YouTube.
- And then it links up with a heart belt, which will track your heart rate.
- But technically once you can do higher voltages, you can expand, you can link up separate cities.
- So I use Noom to track my meals, my water intake, my weight, my calorie density, and my steps for the day because it actually links up to my little step counter.
Examples
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So it would link up with your like Ring protection subscription and can, you know, kind of patrol around your house, use its cameras.
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You're making that box the bridge that links up your app to all the lights.
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And then it links up with a heart belt, which will track your heart rate.
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These lines link up with the Highway K Lift Station.
Academic text (2000) -
It works by linking up with events and businesses popular with young men.
Academic text (2010) -
Antonio's rocket links up with the space station at the bottom of the needle.
Fiction book (2002) -
Link up every Wednesday afternoon to our weekly round-up; we love to promote the great posts we find.
Blog text (18) -
Miyamoto says Nintendo would like to link up 3DS and Wii U.
Blog text (6) -
So I use Noom to track my meals, my water intake, my weight, my calorie density, and my steps for the day because it actually links up to my little step counter.
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The new software can link up your computer to multiple printers in the office.
Synonyms
Attach something to power or a network so it works
To join two things together physically
To connect devices so they work together
To join two people or things so they work together
To connect two systems or devices so they can work together
To join people, places, or things so they become connected
Connect computers or devices so they can share information
Join things so they can work together
Connect things so they depend on each other
To join machines so they can share power or information using wires
To join one thing to another as an extra, often by a mechanical or formal connection
To connect systems or groups so they act as one
To join two machines or vehicles so they are connected
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Link-up comes from link meaning 'connect' and up meaning 'together', like joining two parts of a chain or plugging devices together. So to link-up is to connect devices or organizations so they can work and communicate.