What does "connect" mean?
Clipping of connection.; A drug dealer.
Connect
/kəˈnɛkt/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Clipping of connection.; A drug dealer.
- Grammar: connect is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: associate, join, link, relate.
- Useful contrasts: detached, disassociated, disconnected.
- Usage evidence: Please connect me with Dr. White.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of connection.; A drug dealer. slang
"My connects in Chicago are telling me all kinds of things. Nobody knows anything for sure except that Griffith is missing and money is missing."
- 2 Clipping of connection.; A useful friend or associate. slang
"Even though I did not have a lot of connects in Silicon Valley, I was not concerned because I knew that Silicon Valley was not going to solve this problem."
Verb
- 1 To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. intransitive
"I think this piece connects to that piece over there."
- 2 make a logical or causal connection wordnet
- 3 To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other. intransitive
"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."
- 4 join for the purpose of communication wordnet
- 5 To arrive at an intended target; to land. intransitive
"When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room."
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- 6 join by means of communication equipment wordnet
- 7 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. transitive
"The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part."
- 8 land on or hit solidly wordnet
- 9 To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another. transitive
"I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work."
- 10 connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces wordnet
- 11 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."
- 12 hit or play a ball successfully wordnet
- 13 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."
- 14 plug into an outlet wordnet
- 15 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."
- 16 establish communication with someone wordnet
- 17 establish a rapport or relationship wordnet
- 18 be or become joined or united or linked wordnet
- 19 be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"Please connect me with Dr. White."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "connect"?
Common synonyms include: associate, join, link, relate, abut, abut on.
How do you use "connect" in a sentence?
Please connect me with Dr. White.
How do you pronounce "connect"?
Pronounced /kəˈnɛkt/.
Etymology
From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.