connect

English

/kəˈnɛkt/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  • (intransitive) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
  • (transitive) 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.
  • (transitive) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
  • To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
  • To associate; to establish a relation between.
  • To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

Etymology

Prefix from Latin nectere (bind).

Origin

Latin

nectere

Gloss

bind

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