connect

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To join (to another object)

   To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

   • I think this piece connects to that piece over there.
2. 2

   To join

   To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

   • 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.
3. 3

   To arrive at an intended target

   To arrive at an intended target; to land.

   • When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.
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   1. 4

      To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another 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.

      • The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.
   2. 5

      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.
   3. 6

      To associate

      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.
   4. 7

      To make a travel connection

      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.
   5. 8

      Clipping of connection.

      • 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.
      • I called all my connects, but they were completely dry too.

The neighborhood

• antonymdisconnect
• neighborannex
• neighbornexus