connect (kəˈnɛkt
)
Definitions
verb
- to link or be linked together; join; fasten
- (tr) to relate or associate ⇒
I connect him with my childhood
- (tr) to establish telephone communications with or between
- (intr) to be meaningful or meaningfully related
- (intr) (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
- (intr) informal to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly
- (intr) US Canadian informal to be successful
- (intr) slang to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs
Alternative Forms
conˈnectible conˈnectable adjective conˈnector conˈnecter noun Word Origin
C17: from Latin connectere to bind together, from nectere to bind, tie
Synonyms
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associate,
unite,
join,
couple,
league,
link,
mix,
relate,
pair,
ally,
identify,
combine,
affiliate,
correlate,
confederate,
lump together,
mention in the same breath think of together
