Usually means: Connects subject to complement information.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word linking verb:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. linking verb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. linking verb: Merriam-Webster
  3. linking verb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. linking verb: Collins English Dictionary
  5. linking verb: Vocabulary.com
  6. linking verb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. linking verb: Wiktionary
  8. linking verb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. linking verb: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. linking verb: Dictionary.com
  11. Linking verb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. linking verb: Rhymezone
  13. linking verb: FreeDictionary.org
  14. linking verb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. linking verb: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linking Verb: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linking verb: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linking verb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linking verb: Medical dictionary

(Note: See linking_verbs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (linking verb)

noun:  Copula, copulative verb.

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