hyperlink
To point to another document by a hyperlink.
Noun
- 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.
Synonyms: link
Hypernyms: link
- The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.
- Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.
Origin
From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
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Verb
- To point to another document by a hyperlink.
- Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site. - 2001, Barbara Notarius, Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165:
- To add a hyperlink to a document.
- One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says. - 2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science...
- To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
- Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the...