linkup

noun

link·​up ˈliŋ-ˌkəp How to pronounce linkup (audio)
1
: establishment of contact : meeting
the linkup of two spacecraft
2
a
: something that serves as a linking device or factor
b
: a functional whole resulting from the linking up of separate elements
an instructional TV linkup

Examples of linkup in a Sentence

The interview will be broadcast nationally through a satellite linkup. A direct telephone linkup has been established.
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The Bieber-Sheeran linkup would’ve lined up with the times the two worked together in the past. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 The engrossing alternative history novel unfolds during the historic Apollo-Soyuz linkup between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Sep. 2025 Simi Hamilton, who holds the male unsupported FKT on Colorado’s Elk Traverse—the linkup of seven 14ers of the Elk Range—joined Jornet for that segment. Jayme Moye, Outside, 19 Sep. 2025 The linkup, organized amidst Castro’s broader trip to the city to speak at the United Nations, became a symbolic one, representing solidarity between Black liberation and anti-colonial struggles abroad. Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for linkup

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of linkup was in 1945

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“Linkup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linkup. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

linkup

noun
link·​up ˈliŋ-ˌkəp How to pronounce linkup (audio)
1
: a getting together : meeting
the linkup of two spacecraft
2
: something that serves as a link
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