LinkedIn

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/lɪŋktˈɪn//ˈlɪŋkt.ɪn/

proper noun

A social media site focused on career development and professional networking.

“Her LinkedIn includes a laundry list of accomplishments.”

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. trademarkA social media site focused on career development and professional networking.

    The notices sent to staffers in the office suggested that they contact the former director of the office if they had a complaint — but that director died late last year, Karen Shields, a former CMS executive, posted on LinkedIn on Tuesday morning.

    2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN
nounLinkedIn (plural LinkedIns)

plural LinkedIns

  1. informalA particular profile on LinkedIn.

    Her LinkedIn includes a laundry list of accomplishments.

    3 more examples

    All three of them worked for the Betches brand — Paige as a writer, Jordan in client relations, and Hannah as a creative video producer, according to their LinkedIns.

    2019 March 11, Martha Sorren, “Hannah From 'Summer House' Has A Podcast All About Describing Your Personal Hell”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2022

    To join the app's waitlist, users must authenticate their accounts by connecting their LinkedIns — that tells you pretty much all you need to know.

    2023 June 3, Hannah Albertine, “A 2023 User's Manual to Dating Apps”, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, P.A.: Metrocorp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2023

    This is a job like any other; it's one I love desperately but one that's also a tremendous amount of work. Dare I update my LinkedIn to showcase such a profound new opportunity?

    2023 October 3, Kate Hoad-Reddick, “I celebrated my parental leave on my LinkedIn, as I would for any new job”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023

Origin

From link in (“to connect in a useful or meaningful way”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 领英
  • 领英 (lǐngyīng)social-networking website

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

LinkedIn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LinkedIn

MLA

“LinkedIn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LinkedIn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “LinkedIn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LinkedIn.

Source: LinkedIn on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.