connect
verb (used with object)
to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind.
has connected
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present perfectof connect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Earlier research has connected sugar-sweetened beverages with higher risks of colorectal, breast, and liver cancers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
No evidence has connected Taco Bell to any outbreak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Comedy and clowning are ways Zaalan has connected with their homeland after the Syrian revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has connected its inland oilfields to the port of Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman via a pipeline with a daily capacity of at least 1.5 million barrels.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
We are assembled here to attend to a 26matter decreed and fated of Allah, and whose beginning, middle and end he has connected with the most happy and auspicious circumstances.
From The Women of the Arabs by Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson
