Sekirov Dictionary

connect

/kəˈnɛkt/

verb 8
noun 3
forms 5
phrases 2

verb8

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to join one thing to another so that they are fixed together
- The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.
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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.
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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.
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To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
- I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.

noun3

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(slang) A drug dealer.
- 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. — 2013
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(slang) A useful friend or associate.
- 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. — 2019
(slang) Clipping of connection.

forms

connected · connecting · connecteth · connects · connectest

Phrases with connect

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