hyperlink

American  

[hahy-per-lingk] / ˈhaɪ pərˌlɪŋk /

noun

1. link.

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verb (used with object)

1. to create digital connections between web pages or between elements on web pages using hypertext, or to have such links on or to a web page or electronic document.

   an extensively hyperlinked document.

verb (used without object)

1. to have, establish, or follow a connection from one web page or one object to another: I want to hyperlink from the table of contents to the specific articles in the newsletter.

   The app hyperlinks to content from social media feeds.

   I want to hyperlink from the table of contents to the specific articles in the newsletter.

   From their web page, you can hyperlink to employment sites.

hyperlink British  

/ ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk /

noun

1. a word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document

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verb

1. (tr) to link (files) in this way

hyperlink Scientific  

/ hī′pər-lĭngk′ /

1. See link

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hyperlink Cultural  

1. A way of connecting different Web pages together on the Internet. A hyperlink is a word or graphic display on one Web page that allows a computer to shift to another related Web page. Also called a link.

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Etymology

Origin of hyperlink

First recorded in 1990–95; hyper- ( def. ) + link ¹ (in the computer sense)

Example Sentences

“If we’re all born to be an obituary then let me live as a hyperlink, a trending meme traversing the chatter of continents,” Toro writes in the poem Memexodus.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Players occasionally receive tips via an in-game mail service, leading to a hyperlink or message board that kick-starts an investigation.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

The internet prank, which saw people tricked into clicking on a hyperlink that lead to the video for his debut single, has seen the song receive 1.4 billion views on YouTube to date.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2023

A hyperlink popped up that said “women botanists,” and I was curious, so I clicked on it.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

The text in the list of illustrations matches the original; each hyperlink in the illustration list links to the page number closest to the image’s placement.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace