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# hyperlink

«hyperlink» in Mova's school dictionary: **a word, picture or button on a web page or document that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hyperlink, hyperlinks); verb (hyperlink, hyperlinks, hyperlinked, hyperlinking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hyperlink is a word, picture or button on a web page or document that you click to go to another page, website or file. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#m1)

2) (verb) To hyperlink something means to make it into a link. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons pupils learn that hyperlinks join web pages together to make the World Wide Web; they add hyperlinks to their own documents and slides. Safety lessons teach children to check a link before clicking, because some hyperlinks in emails or messages lead to scams. Phrases: «click the hyperlink», «insert a hyperlink».

### examples

- Click the hyperlink to watch the video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x1)
- Hyperlinks are usually blue and underlined. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x2)
- I added a hyperlink to our class website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x3)
- Don't click hyperlinks in strange emails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x4)
- Hover over a hyperlink to see where it goes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x5)
- She hyperlinked the title to the source. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/#x6)

### note

Countable: a hyperlink, hyperlinks. Often shortened to «link». The address a hyperlink goes to is a URL. Safety: the words shown for a link can differ from the real address, so hover to check, and ask an adult if unsure.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hyperlink» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyperlink/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.