to link up
1
3.5
- phrasal verb
- /lɪŋk ʌp/
- Informal
:
conectar
- In our discussion, we should link up the recent findings with existing theories in the field.
And he knows it's a one issue campaign, the economy, but he can link up economic distress in these states to China's trade practices.
- And he knows it's a one issue campaign, the economy, but he can link up economic distress in these states to China's trade practices.
Examples
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Please link up your post, not your blog's home address.
Blog text (5) -
We then learn to easily link up the segments of life to form one comprehensive conclusion that every aspect of history is important regardless of the time of occurrence.
Blog text (32) -
Post about your take on the challenge and link it up to the party.
Blog text (31) -
I love when these two link up.
Blog text (24) -
How do these articles link up?
Blog text (32) -
But you need to know how to link it all up for it to actually be functional on your blog.
Blog text (31) -
Don't forget to come back and link up in the comments!
Blog text (32) -
They almost all link up, forming a giant cluster.
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Only time will tell, but hopefully it continues down the path of striving for an emissions trading scheme by 2015, which it wants to link up to the EU's.
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The point of this piecemeal progression deserves emphasis, as it links up with the conclusions to be made in assessing how the state thought of work of this nature.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
376
3.0
To show a connection between ideas or events
364
3.4
To link one thing in your mind to another
354
2.3
Show how two ideas or events are related
317
2.2
To be connected or important to something
73
5.8
To show that two things change together
16
4.1
To connect to another idea or fact in a clear way
4
4.5
Connect things so they depend on each other
To join facts or observations to make a clear connection
Antonyms
161
3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Related
95
4.4
- Informal
1
3.5
354
2.3
442
1.1
364
3.4
317
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
link + up
The meaning 'to join or connect' is directly and transparently derived from 'link' (to join) combined with the particle 'up', which here signals bringing together or completing a connection. This verb + particle composition is a common, predictable English pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Link up comes from the picture of joining chain links by putting one up against another to make a line. When you put facts together like this they form a clear idea, so link up means 'to make a logical connection'.