connect

[ kuh-nekt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind:

   to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.

   Antonyms: sunder, divide

2. to establish communication between; put in communication:

   Operator, will you please connect me with Mr. Jones?

3. to have as an accompanying or associated feature:

   pleasures connected with music.

4. to cause to be associated, as in a personal or business relationship:

   to connect oneself with a group of like-minded persons; Our bank is connected with major foreign banks.

   Antonyms: dissociate

5. to associate mentally or emotionally:

   She connects all telegrams with bad news.

6. to link to an electrical or communications system; hook up:

   to connect a telephone.

verb (used without object)

1. to become connected; join or unite:

   These two parts connect at the sides.

2. (of trains, buses, etc.) to run so as to make connections (often followed by with ):

   This bus connects with a northbound bus.

3. Informal. to have or establish successful communication; make contact:

   I connected with two new clients today.

4. Informal. to relate to or be in harmony with another person, one's work, etc.:

   We knew each other well but never connected.

5. Slang. (of a drug dealer or user) to make direct contact for the illegal sale or purchase of drugs, as narcotics.
6. Sports. to hit successfully or solidly:

   The batter connected for a home run. The boxer connected with a right.

adjective

1. of or relating to a connection or connections:

   connect charges for a new cable television channel.

connect

/ kəˈnɛkt /

verb

1. to link or be linked together; join; fasten
2. tr to relate or associate

   I connect him with my childhood

3. tr to establish telephone communications with or between
4. intr to be meaningful or meaningfully related
5. intr (of two public vehicles, such as trains or buses) to have the arrival of one timed to occur just before the departure of the other, for the convenient transfer of passengers
6. informal.
   intr to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly
7. informal.
   intr to be successful
8. slang.
   intr to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs

Derived Forms

• conˈnectible, adjective
• conˈnector, noun

Other Words From

• con·nect·i·ble con·nect·a·ble adjective
• con·nect·i·bil·i·ty con·nect·a·bil·i·ty noun
• mis·con·nect verb
• re·con·nect verb (used with object)
• sub·con·nect verb

Word History and Origins

Origin of connect¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin connectere, equivalent to con- “with, together” + nectere “to tie”; con-, nexus

Word History and Origins

Origin of connect¹

C17: from Latin connectere to bind together, from nectere to bind, tie

Example Sentences

Fabletics has already been building out technology trying to connect online and offline user habits in its stores.

From TechCrunch

Node helps to verify each influencer’s audience, then connects brands with these influencers with pre-negotiated deal terms.

From TechCrunch

The company asked me to look into connecting the system I built to Metrc.

From TechCrunch

You can customize the look of your space by connecting the hexagon panels in whatever pattern suits your needs.

From Popular-Science

Perigree helps protect things like heating and cooling systems or elevators that may lack patches or true security, yet are connected to the network in a very real way.

From TechCrunch

Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.

From The Daily Beast

Snowden contacted Poitras in mid-January 2013 after failing to connect with Greenwald due to his lack of encryption.

From The Daily Beast

The archaeologists I did connect with were not interested in drive-by interviews.

From The Daily Beast

They all connect us to the people and objects and stories of our past.

From The Daily Beast

Sachs adds, “All the senses that connect us with nature are important.”

From The Daily Beast

Synthesis will be sometimes hereafter resorted to to connect in our minds an event to its date.

From Project Gutenberg

I asked a pupil then present—a girl nine years old—to connect them.

From Project Gutenberg

The name is territorial; and the better opinion is inclined to connect it with Brix, between Cherbourg and Valognes.

From Project Gutenberg

I can not connect myself with any man whose tastes and sympathies are not in accordance with my own.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of his best and most prominent characteristics did not connect him with one more than with another section of the Church.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• associate
• attach
• hook up
• join
• relate

When To Use

What are other ways to say connect?

To connect is to link or fasten together, as two cities by a bridge. How is connect different from join and unite? Find out on Thesaurus.com.