LINK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does link up mean? 

• LINK UP (verb)
  The verb LINK UP has 3 senses:

1. be or become joined or united or linked

2. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

3. make a logical or causal connection

  Familiarity information: LINK UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINK UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be or become joined or united or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

connect; join; link; link up; unite

Context example:

The travelers linked up again at the airport

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "link up"):

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

articulate (unite by forming a joint or joints)

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

connect; link; link up; tie

Context example:

Link arms

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "link up"):

daisy-chain (connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer)

bridge; bridge over (connect or reduce the distance between)

hang together; interdepend (be connected)

hitch (connect to a vehicle:)

put through (connect by telephone)

tee (connect with a tee)

interconnect; interlink (cause to be interconnected or interwoven)

tie (unite musical notes by a tie)

attach (cause to be attached)

join (cause to become joined or linked)

ground (connect to a ground)

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

linkup (a fastener that serves to join or connect)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a logical or causal connection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in

Context example:

I cannot relate these events at all

Hypernyms (to "link up" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "link up"):

interrelate (place into a mutual relationship)

correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)

identify (conceive of as united or associated)

free-associate (associate freely)

have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)

remember (exercise, or have the power of, memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

 Context examples 

Other Cancers will link up with a helpful business collaborator, like an agent, publicist, manager, business partner, writing partner, or another specialist who will work with you one-on-one.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)