Definition of HYPERLINK
- ️Wed Jan 29 2025
: an electronic link providing direct access from one distinctively marked place in a hypertext or hypermedia document to another in the same or a different document
hyperlink transitive verb
Examples of hyperlink in a Sentence
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The same year, an alert in Sonoma County was sent to a larger area than intended, while another included a hyperlink to an evacuation map for the 2016 Kincade fire.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The issue on the health department website appeared to stem from an improper hyperlink.
—Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Backlinks are hyperlinks that take users from one page to another.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
The business makes its money from both traditional advertising as well as affiliate marketing, such as directing readers to bookmakers through hyperlinks inside stories.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1988, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of hyperlink was in 1988
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“Hyperlink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperlink. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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