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A	noun
	1	link, linkup, tie, tie-in
			a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚restraint; constraint ╚fastener; fastening; holdfast; fixing ╚link, linkup, tie, tie-in ╚bridge; nosepiece
	2	link, data link
			an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚electrical device ╚circuit; electrical circuit; electric circuit ╚link, data link
	3	radio link, link
			a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚system ╚communication system ╚radio link, link ╚walkie-talkie; walky-talky
	4	liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
			a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication; communicating ╚channel; communication channel; line ╚liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication
	5	link
			(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing ╚coding system ╚code; computer code ╚instruction; command; statement; program line ╚link ╚hyperlink
	6	link
			a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚linear measure; long measure ╚linear unit ╚link
	7	link, nexus
			the means of connection between things linked in series
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚connection; connexion; connectedness ╚linkage ╚link, nexus
	8	connection, connexion, link
			a connecting shape
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚connection, connexion, link ╚articulation; join; joint; juncture; junction ╚node
	9	connection, link, connectedness
			the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
		Category Tree: state ╚union; unification ╚connection, link, connectedness ╚coherence; coherency; cohesion; cohesiveness ╚interconnection; interconnectedness ╚concatenation ╚contact ╚lifeline
B	verb
	1	associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
			make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect ╚correlate ╚interrelate ╚remember
	2	connect, link, tie, link up
			connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

	3	yoke, link
			link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚attach ╚yoke, link
	4	connect, link, link up, join, unite
			be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"

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