connect
- Verb:
- To join or link two or more things together: To physically attach or fasten objects, or to establish a relationship between abstract concepts.
- To establish communication or a relationship: To make contact with someone or to form a bond or rapport.
- To associate mentally: To see or understand a relationship between ideas, events, or pieces of information.
- To be joined or linked: For things to come together or meet, often in a way that allows continuation.
- Verb:
- Please connect the printer to the computer. (Physically joining objects)
- The two towns are connected by a new bridge. (Linking places)
- I finally managed to connect with an old friend online. (Establishing communication)
- Can you connect these two clues to solve the mystery? (Associating ideas mentally)
- Does this flight connect with the train to the city? (For services to be linked for travel)
"to connect the dots": To understand the relationship between different pieces of information to see the full picture.
- After hearing all the evidence, the detective was able to connect the dots.
"to connect with an audience": To establish a strong emotional or intellectual rapport with a group of listeners or viewers.
- The speaker's personal stories helped her connect with the audience.
Connection (n): The act of connecting or the state of being connected; a relationship.
- There is a strong connection between diet and health.
Connective (adj): Serving to connect.
- The surgeon repaired the connective tissue.
Connector (n): A device or object that links things together.
- You need a special connector to join those cables.
- Link: To make or suggest a connection.
- Join: To bring or put things together.
- Attach: To fasten or affix one thing to another.
- Associate: To connect in thought or meaning.
Connect up: To join things, especially wires or parts of a system, to make them work.
- First, connect up all the components before turning on the power.
Connect with: To meet or contact someone; to form a relationship.
- He found it hard to connect with his new colleagues.
A connecting flight/train: A flight or train that allows you to continue a journey by transferring from one to another.
- We have a connecting flight in Frankfurt.
Well-connected: Having influential friends or contacts in society or business.
- She got the job because she is well-connected in the industry.
- hit or play a ball successfully
- The batter connected for a home run
- plug into an outlet
- Please plug in the toaster!
- Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight
- establish communication with someone
- did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?
- establish a rapport or relationship
- The President of this university really connects with the faculty
- 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
- join for the purpose of communication
- Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?
- land on or hit solidly
- The brick connected on her head, knocking her out
- join by means of communication equipment
- The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area
- 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
- 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, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
- Tie the ropes together
- Link arms