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Connect

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Verb

1. connect, link, link up, tie

connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

Example Sentences:
'Can you connect the two loudspeakers?'
'Tie the ropes together'
'Link arms'

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

make a logical or causal connection

Example Sentences:
'I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind'
'colligate these facts'
'I cannot relate these events at all'

3. connect, join, link, link up, unite

be or become joined or united or linked

Example Sentences:
'The two streets connect to become a highway'
'Our paths joined'
'The travelers linked up again at the airport'

4. connect

join by means of communication equipment

Example Sentences:
'The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area'

5. connect

land on or hit solidly

Example Sentences:
'The brick connected on her head, knocking her out'

6. connect

join for the purpose of communication

Example Sentences:
'Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?'

7. connect

be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation

Example Sentences:
'The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train'
'The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours'

8. connect

establish a rapport or relationship

Example Sentences:
'The President of this university really connects with the faculty'

9. connect, get in touch, touch base

establish communication with someone

Example Sentences:
'did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?'

10. connect, plug in, plug into

plug into an outlet

Example Sentences:
'Please plug in the toaster!'
'Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight'

11. connect

hit or play a ball successfully

Example Sentences:
'The batter connected for a home run'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Connect

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verb
1. 
to link or be linked together; join; fasten
2. (transitive)
to relate or associate
I connect him with my childhood
3. (transitive)
to establish telephone communications with or between
4. (intransitive)
to be meaningful or meaningfully related
5. (intransitive)
(of two public vehicles, such as trains or buses) to have the arrival of one timed to occur just before the departure of the other, for the convenient transfer of passengers
6. (intransitive) informal
to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly
7. (intransitive) US and Canadian informal
to be successful
8. (intransitive) slang
to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Connect

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verb transitive
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
verb intransitive
5. 
to join or be joined
6.  US
to meet so that passengers can transfer promptly
said of trains, buses, etc.
7. 
to be related in some way or in a proper or logical way
8.  Informal
a. 
to reach the thing aimed at
b. 
to establish a rapport (with)
c.  Sport
to hit a ball, target, etc. solidly
d.  Sport
to be successful
connected on eighty percent of his shots

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Connect

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v. con·nect·ed, con·nect·ing, con·nects
v.tr.
1. To join or fasten together: a bridge that connects the island with the mainland.
2. To associate or consider as related: no reason to connect the two events. See Synonyms at join.
3. 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.
4. To plug in (an electrical cord or device) to an outlet.
v.intr.
1. To become joined or united: two streams connecting to form a river.
2. To be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as between airplanes or buses.
3. To establish a rapport or relationship; relate: The candidate failed to connect with the voters.
4. Sports To hit or play a ball or puck successfully: The winger connected for two goals.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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