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📖 Определения и значения для слова chain

📒 a series of connected metal rings, used for pulling or fastening things; a length of chain used for a particular purpose

  • She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
  • The mayor wore his chain of office.
  • a bicycle chain

📒 a series of connected things or people

  • mountain/island chains
  • Volunteers formed a human chain (= line of people) to rescue precious items from the burning house.
  • chain of somebody/something to set in motion a chain of events

📒 a group of shops or hotels owned by the same company

  • a supermarket/hotel/retail chain
  • chain of something a chain of stores/shops/restaurants
  • a chain of department stores

📒 a thing that limits somebody’s freedom or ability to do something

  • the chains of fear/misery

📒 a situation in which a number of people selling and buying houses must each complete the sale of their house before buying from the next person

📒 a problem that prevents you from doing what you would like to do

  • The responsibility was a ball and chain around my ankle.

📒 one of the stages in a process or a line of argument

  • Food production, processing and marketing are different links in the chain from farmer to consumer.
  • Death is the last link in the chain.

📒 the point at which a system or an organization is most likely to fail

  • She went straight for the one weak link in the chain of his argument.
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