Connect

//kəˈnɛkt// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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. 2
    make a logical or causal connection wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    join for the purpose of communication wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    join by means of communication equipment wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    land on or hit solidly wordnet
  4. 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."

  5. 10
    connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces wordnet
  6. 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."

  7. 12
    hit or play a ball successfully wordnet
  8. 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."

  9. 14
    plug into an outlet wordnet
  10. 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."

  11. 16
    establish communication with someone wordnet
  12. 17
    establish a rapport or relationship wordnet
  13. 18
    be or become joined or united or linked wordnet
  14. 19
    be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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