Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Internet)Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

    Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

    Hyperlink, Hypertextlink, Querverweis

    гиперссы́лкаgiperssýlka, гиперли́нкgiperlínk, линкlink

    гіперпосила́нняhiperposylánnja, гіперлі́нкhiperlínk, лінкlink

  2. (broadly)The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.

    Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.

More definitions
  • a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Would you please make a hyperlink to our corporate site from your page?

  2. Tom clicked the hyperlink.

  3. Use hyperlinks to cross reference.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
link from one electronic document to another:

Origin

From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.

From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.

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