EGAVE

connect

About 10.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb 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.
  2. verb 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.
  3. verb To arrive at an intended target; to land.
    When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.
  4. verb 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.
  5. verb 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.
  6. 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.
  7. verb To associate; to establish a relation between.
    I didn't connect my lost jewelry with the news of an area cat burglar until the police contacted me.
  8. 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.

Similar words

link unite associate relate join plug in tie in tie touch base get in touch

Often followed by

the to with it them a this these and

Word family

connectable connected connecter connecters connectible connecting connector connectors connects

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