connect

English Online Dictionary. What means connect‎? What does connect mean?

English

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) +‎ nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kə-nĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛkt/
• Hyphenation: con‧nect
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

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

1. (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; see also Thesaurus:join

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

3. (intransitive, of a blow) To arrive at an intended target; to land.

4. (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.
5. (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.

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

7. To associate; to establish a relation between.

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

Conjugation

Antonyms

• disconnect

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Catalan: conectar
• → Dutch: connecten
• → Galician: conectar
• → Portuguese: conectar
• → Spanish: conectar

Translations

Noun

connect (plural connects)

1. (slang) Clipping of connection.
   1. A drug dealer.
   2. A useful friend or associate.

Anagrams

• concent