CONNECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does connect mean? 

• CONNECT (verb)
  The verb CONNECT has 11 senses:

1. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

2. make a logical or causal connection

3. be or become joined or united or linked

4. join by means of communication equipment

5. land on or hit solidly

6. join for the purpose of communication

7. be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation

8. establish a rapport or relationship

9. establish communication with someone

10. plug into an outlet

11. hit or play a ball successfully

  Familiarity information: CONNECT used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONNECT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

connect; link; link up; tie

Context example:

Link arms

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "connect"):

daisy-chain (connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer)

bridge; bridge over (connect or reduce the distance between)

hang together; interdepend (be connected)

hitch (connect to a vehicle:)

put through (connect by telephone)

tee (connect with a tee)

interconnect; interlink (cause to be interconnected or interwoven)

tie (unite musical notes by a tie)

attach (cause to be attached)

join (cause to become joined or linked)

ground (connect to a ground)

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

disconnect (make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten)

Derivation:

connecter (an instrumentality that connects)

connective (connecting or tending to connect)

connector (an instrumentality that connects)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a logical or causal connection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in

Context example:

I cannot relate these events at all

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "connect"):

interrelate (place into a mutual relationship)

correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)

identify (conceive of as united or associated)

free-associate (associate freely)

have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)

remember (exercise, or have the power of, memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

connective (connecting or tending to connect)

connexion; connection (the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be or become joined or united or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

connect; join; link; link up; unite

Context example:

The travelers linked up again at the airport

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "connect"):

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

articulate (unite by forming a joint or joints)

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

connective (connecting or tending to connect)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Join by means of communication equipment

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Verb group:

connect (join for the purpose of communication)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

connection; connexion (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Land on or hit solidly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The brick connected on her head, knocking her out

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Join for the purpose of communication

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Verb group:

connect (join by means of communication equipment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

connection (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

connection; connexion (shifting from one form of transportation to another)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Establish a rapport or relationship

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The President of this university really connects with the faculty

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Verb group:

connect; get in touch; touch base (establish communication with someone)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

connection ((usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship))

connective (connecting or tending to connect)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Establish communication with someone

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

connect; get in touch; touch base

Context example:

did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Verb group:

connect (establish a rapport or relationship)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

connection; connexion (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Sense 10

Meaning:

Plug into an outlet

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

connect; plug in; plug into

Context example:

Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

"Connect" entails doing...:

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

connection; connexion; connector (an instrumentality that connects)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Hit or play a ball successfully

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The batter connected for a home run

Hypernyms (to "connect" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

A starch consisting of exclusively alpha-D glucose monomers connected by a 1-4 bond.

(Amylose, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A starch consisting of alpha-D glucose monomers connected by a 1-4 bond and by a 1-6 bond every 24-30 glucose monomers.

(Amylopectin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

“I have been very fortunate,” I said, “and find my name connected with some praise.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A procedure to connect healthy sections of tubular structures in the body after the diseased portion has been surgically removed.

(Anastomosis, NCI Dictionary)

Your ligaments, which connect bones to one another, stabilize and support it.

(Ankle Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

It begins in the soft supporting tissue that connects and surrounds the organs and other tissues.

(Alveolar soft part sarcoma, NCI Dictionary)

A line connected it with the bow, and as it floated low in the water, practically unexposed to the wind, it drifted less rapidly than the boat.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I seemed to become more wakeful, and myriads of horrible fancies began to crowd in upon my mind—all of them connected with death, and vampires; with blood, and pain, and trouble.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

An exon may be connected to any one of several alternative exons to form the mRNA and generate related proteins, often in a tissue or developmental stage specific manner.

(Alternate Splicing, NCI Thesaurus)

They might connect the loops of the intestines to each other, to nearby organs, or to the wall of the abdomen.

(Adhesions, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)