Connect meaning

kə-nĕkt

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To join or be joined.

verb

The definition of connect means to join together or to become joined.

An example of connect is to draw a line from dot to dot which links the dots.

verb

To join or fasten together.

A bridge that connects the island with the mainland.

verb

To associate or consider as related.

No reason to connect the two events.

verb

To join to or by means of a communications circuit.

Please connect me to the number in San Diego. Her computer is connected to the Internet.

verb

To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.

verb

To become joined or united.

Two streams connecting to form a river.

verb

To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.

verb

To establish a rapport or relationship; relate.

The candidate failed to connect with the voters.

verb

To hit or play a ball or puck successfully.

The winger connected for two goals.

verb

To join or fasten (two things together, or one thing with or to another); link; couple.

verb

To show or think of as related; associate.

To connect germs with disease.

verb

To provide with a circuit for communicating by telephone.

verb

To plug into an electrical circuit.

verb

To meet so that passengers can transfer promptly.

verb

To be related in some way or in a proper or logical way.

verb

(1) To attach a peripheral device. To establish a communication with a device or service.

(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

I think this piece connects to that piece over there.

verb

(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there.

verb

(of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.

The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.

verb

(of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.

I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work.

verb

To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

When the technician connects my house, I'll be able to access the internet.

verb

To associate.

I didn't connect my lost jewelry with the news of an area cat burglar until the police contacted me.

verb

To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

I'm flying to London where I connect with a flight heading to Hungary.

verb

connect the dots

To draw connecting lines between a seemingly random arrangement of numbered dots so as to produce a picture or design.
To draw logical inferences connecting items of information to reveal something previously hidden or unknown.

idiom

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

connect the dots

Origin of connect

Middle English connecten from Latin cōnectere, connectere cō-, com- com- nectere to bind ned- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin cōnnectō (“fasten together”), from con (“together”) + nectō (“bind, tie”).

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Connect meaning

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Origin of connect

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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