connect

[ kuh-nekt ]

/ kəˈnɛkt /

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verb (used with object)

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.

to establish communication between; put in communication: Operator, will you please connect me with Mr. Jones?

to have as an accompanying or associated feature: pleasures connected with music.

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.

to associate mentally or emotionally: She connects all telegrams with bad news.

to link to an electrical or communications system; hook up: to connect a telephone.

verb (used without object)

to become connected; join or unite: These two parts connect at the sides.

(of trains, buses, etc.) to run so as to make connections (often followed by with): This bus connects with a northbound bus.

Informal. to have or establish successful communication; make contact: I connected with two new clients today.

Informal. to relate to or be in harmony with another person, one's work, etc.: We knew each other well but never connected.

Slang. (of a drug dealer or user) to make direct contact for the illegal sale or purchase of drugs, as narcotics.

Sports. to hit successfully or solidly: The batter connected for a home run. The boxer connected with a right.

adjective

of or relating to a connection or connections: connect charges for a new cable television channel.

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Origin of connect

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

ANTONYMS FOR connect

1 divide.

4 dissociate.

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synonym study for connect

1. See join.

OTHER WORDS FROM connect

con·nect·i·ble, con·nect·a·ble, adjectivecon·nect·i·bil·i·ty, con·nect·a·bil·i·ty, nounmis·con·nect, verbre·con·nect, verb (used with object)

sub·con·nect, verb

Words nearby connect

Connacht, connate, connatural, Connaught, Conneaut, connect, connected, connecter, Connecticut, Connecticut chest, Connecticut Compromise

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Example sentences from the Web for connect

Snowden contacted Poitras in mid-January 2013 after failing to connect with Greenwald due to his lack of encryption.
Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The archaeologists I did connect with were not interested in drive-by interviews.
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They all connect us to the people and objects and stories of our past.
The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sachs adds, “All the senses that connect us with nature are important.”
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled|Elizabeth Picciuto|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Instead, she urges, study how people succeed or fail to connect and help each other.
Albert Camus, Our Existential Epidemiologist|Malcolm Jones|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps, too, we may connect with this another idea which occurs more than once in Paul's Epistles.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)|Alexander Maclaren
The royalists chased the barons down the steep lanes which connect the upper with the lower town.
The History of England|T.F. Tout
Now and again, with the bodily motions that we have learned to connect with the French, his shoulders were shrugged expressively.
Ben Blair|Will Lillibridge
Pass the needle underneath and connect one and two with two stitches.
The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft|Effie Archer Archer
We have wandered very far, and must endeavour to return and connect ourselves therewith again!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various

British Dictionary definitions for connect

connect

/ (kəˈnɛkt) /

verb

to link or be linked together; join; fasten

(tr) to relate or associateI connect him with my childhood

(tr) to establish telephone communications with or between

(intr) to be meaningful or meaningfully related

(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

(intr) informal to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly

(intr) US and Canadian informal to be successful

(intr) slang to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs

Derived forms of connect

connectible or connectable, adjectiveconnector or connecter, noun

Word Origin for connect

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

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connect

[ kə-nĕkt′ ]

v.

To join or fasten together.

To become joined or united.

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con•nec′tor n.

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