CONNECT

associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect

(verb) make a logical or causal connection; “I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”; “colligate these facts”; “I cannot relate these events at all”

connect

(verb) join for the purpose of communication; “Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?”

connect

(verb) land on or hit solidly; “The brick connected on her head, knocking her out”

connect, link, tie, link up

(verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; “Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”; “Tie the ropes together”; “Link arms”

connect

(verb) hit or play a ball successfully; “The batter connected for a home run”

connect

(verb) establish a rapport or relationship; “The President of this university really connects with the faculty”

connect, link, link up, join, unite

(verb) be or become joined or united or linked; “The two streets connect to become a highway”; “Our paths joined”; “The travelers linked up again at the airport”

connect

(verb) be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; “The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train”; “The planes don’t connect and you will have to wait for four hours”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)

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

Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join

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

(transitive, 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.

(transitive, 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.

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

To associate; to establish a relation between.

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

Antonyms

• disconnect

Anagrams

• concent

Source: Wiktionary


Con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connected; p.pr. & vb.n. Connecting.] Etym: [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]

1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between. He fills, he bounds, connect and equals all. Pope. A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair. Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

Con*nect", v. i.

Definition: To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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