verb

connect

kuh-NEHKT

verb

To join one thing to another, physically or electronically.

"Connect the cable to the back of the router."

"The two buildings are connected by an underground tunnel."

To establish a relationship or association between people, ideas, or things.

"The therapist helped her connect her anxiety to a childhood experience."

"It's hard to connect with someone you've only met online."

To transfer between one form of transport and another as part of the same journey.

"We land in Chicago and connect to a flight to Denver."

How to Use Connect

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo join two things together, or to feel a bond or link between people or ideas.

Common pairings

connect with someone connect to the internet connecting flight

Word Forms

connected past tense, connect plural, connected plural, connects plural, connects singular, connect singular, connected singular, connectest singular, connectedst singular, connecteth singular

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Etymology

From Latin "connectere," meaning "to fasten together," from "con-" ("together") and "nectere" ("to bind") — a distant relative of "knot" and "knit."

Antonyms

disconnect

Related Words

join disconnect

Rhymes for connect

reconnect disconnect

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