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Connect   /kənˈɛkt/   Listen
Connect

verb
(past & past part. connected; pres. part. connecting)
1.
Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.  Synonyms: link, link up, tie.  "Tie the ropes together" , "Link arms"
2.
Make a logical or causal connection.  Synonyms: associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in.  "Colligate these facts" , "I cannot relate these events at all"
3.
Be or become joined or united or linked.  Synonyms: join, link, link up, unite.  "Our paths joined" , "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
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.  "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
8.
Establish a rapport or relationship.
9.
Establish communication with someone.  Synonyms: get in touch, touch base.
10.
Plug into an outlet.  Synonyms: plug in, plug into.  "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"
11.
Hit or play a ball successfully.



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"Connect" Quotes from Famous Books



... sympathies being with us gives us a strong feeling of comfort in this gigantic struggle. We both of us feel especially justified in pronouncing this as being the conviction of all German scientists, as so many scientific and personal relations connect us both with the universities of America. These universities know what German culture means to the world, so we trust ...
— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 - What Americans Say to Europe • Various
... journey up the creek was particularly satisfactory, both to myself and Mr. Hume; since it cleared up every doubt that might have existed regarding the actual termination of the Macquarie, and enabled us to connect the flow of waters at so interesting and particular a point. It will be seen by a reference to the chart, that the waters of the marshes, after trickling through the reeds, form a small creek, which carries off the superfluous part of them into Morrisset's chain of ponds, ...
— Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete • Charles Sturt
... with access to European satellites domestic: GSM wireless service, available through 2 providers with national coverage, is growing rapidly international: country code - 382; 2 international switches connect ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... Chad that he should be drifting toward a new life down the river which once before had carried him to a new world. The future then was no darker than now, but he could hardly connect himself with the little fellow in coon-skin cap and moccasins who had floated down on a raft so many years ago, when at every turn of the river his eager eyes looked for a new ...
— The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come • John Fox
... sonorous, musical voice, "you will proceed at once to the island of Lobau to make preparations for the great bridge-building which must be commenced at once and completed within a week. The restoration and strengthening of the bridges which connect the island of Lobau and the other little islands with the right bank of the Danube is our principal task for the moment. Be mindful of that, general, and act accordingly. General Massena, you will undertake with me the principal direction of this bridge-building, ...
— A Conspiracy of the Carbonari • Louise Muhlbach


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