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connect definition

con·nect (kə nekt′)

transitive verb

  1. to join or fasten (two things together, or one thing with or to another); link; couple
  2. to show or think of as related; associate to connect germs with disease
  3. to provide with a circuit for communicating by telephone
  4. to plug into an electrical circuit

Etymology: ME connecten < L connectere, to bind together < com-, together + nectere, to fasten

intransitive verb

  1. to join or be joined
  2. ☆ to meet so that passengers can transfer promptly: said of trains, buses, etc.
  3. to be related in some way or in a proper or logical way
  4. Informal
    1. to reach the thing aimed at
    2. to establish a rapport (with)
    3. Sports to hit a ball, target, etc. solidly
    4. Sports to be successful connected on eighty percent of his shots

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connect Synonyms

connect

v.

  1. To join

    combine, unite, attach; see join 1.

  2. To associate

    relate, equate, correlate; see compare 1. See syn. study at join.


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connect Usage Examples

Object

  • rod: The piston is attached to a crankshaft by a connecting rod.

Subject

  • cable: The system consists of several units connected by cable or infrared links, making it difficult or impossible to use while moving.

Modifying Another Word

  • intimately: Up to now I havent mentioned the Royal Society, whose early history is intimately connected with Gresham College.

Preposition: in

  • series: The fuel cells are made up of several cells connected in series.

Preposition: with

  • flight: It must have left Sydney on 14 January to connect with the flight that arrived in Bangkok on 19 January [ 1 ] .

Preposition: by

  • cable: The system consists of several units connected by cable or infrared links, making it difficult or impossible to use while moving.
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connect quotes

Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.

-Forster, E(dward) M(organ)

Without contemplating last and late the true nature of poetry. The drive to connect. The dream of a common language.

-Rich, Adrienne Cecile

   I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days.

-Sandburg, Carl

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