English Explanatory Dictionary

connect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  2. To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
  3. To arrive at an intended target; to land.
  4. 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.
  5. To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
  6. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
  7. To associate; to establish a relation between.
  8. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
noun
  1. Clipping of connection.
  2. A drug dealer.
  3. A useful friend or associate.

Pronunciation

kə-nĕktʹ /kəˈnɛkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-connect.wav

Word forms

connect connects connecting connected no-table-tags glossary connectest connectedst connecteth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

Synonyms

affix join put together unite accouple assemble associate attach bewed bind clasp clinch combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin connect construct couple entwine fay fix graft hitch hook inosculate interlink joint knit knot link marry piece together piecen pinion splice wed yoke

Antonyms

disconnect

Related words

annex nexus

Derived words

1-connected arc-connected arcwise-connected connectability connectable connectance connected at the hip connected component connected graph connected pawn connected space connectible connectin connection connectitude connective connectogram connectology connectome connectomics connectopathy connector connect the dots connect time connect up connexion disconnect disconnection interconnect intraconnect misconnect path-connected reconnect reconnection simply connected strongly connected strongly connected component unconnect well-connected

Translations

Arabic: رَبَطَ Armenian: միավորել Armenian: միանալ Armenian: միացնել Armenian: կապել Azerbaijani: bağlamaq Azerbaijani: qovuşdurmaq Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək Belarusian: злуча́ць Bulgarian: съединя́вам Catalan: connectar Chinese Mandarin: 連接 /连接 Czech: spojit Danish: forbinde Danish: tilslutte Dutch: verbinden Esperanto: konekti Finnish: yhdistää French: accoupler French: connecter Galician: conectar Georgian: დაკავშირება Georgian: შეკავშირება German: verbinden Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌽 Greek: συνδέω Ancient Greek: συνάπτω Hebrew: חיבר Hungarian: összekapcsol Hungarian: kapcsol Hungarian: csatlakoztat Ido: konektar Old Irish: ad·comla Italian: connettere Italian: connettersi Japanese: 繋げる Khmer: ភ្ជាប់ Korean: 잇다 Korean: 연결하다 Latin: nectō Latin: cōpulō Macedonian: поврзува Macedonian: спојува Macedonian: сврзува Māori: tūhoto Māori: tūhono Khiamniungan Naga: já Polish: łączyć Polish: połączyć Portuguese: conectar Romanian: lega Romanian: îmbina Romanian: conecta Romanian: conexa Russian: свя́зывать Russian: связа́ть Russian: соединя́ть Russian: соедини́ть Russian: подключа́ть Russian: подключи́ть Spanish: conectar Spanish: empalmar Tajik: қӯш кардан Thai: เชื่อม Thai: ต่อ Ottoman Turkish: قوشمق Ukrainian: з'є́днувати
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