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- pronunciation:
- k
nekt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
connects, connecting, connected |
| definition 1: |
to join together; link.
You need to connect this pipe to that one before you turn on the water.The two islands are connected to each other by a bridge.
- synonyms:
- join, link
- antonyms:
- disconnect, separate
- similar words:
- ally, annex, associate, attach, bond, butt, concatenate, conjoin, couple, dock, fasten, hitch, lock, mate, plug in, splice, tie, unite, yoke
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| definition 2: |
to think of as related; associate.
People generally connect childhood with innocence.- synonyms:
- associate, relate
- similar words:
- ally, identify, link
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| definition 3: |
to relate or place in contact or association with.
As hard as I tried, I couldn't connect her name with her face.She seemed bright and hard-working, so I connected her with someone at my firm.- similar words:
- identify, relate
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| related words: |
add, affiliate, affix, articulate, ascribe, assemble, attach, attribute, buckle, butt, cable, close, combine, consolidate, contact, cross, fix, ground, implicate, joint, knit, marry, mesh, pair, stick, stretch |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become joined or linked.
Under the microscope, we could see how the cells connect.- synonyms:
- join, link
- antonyms:
- separate
- similar words:
- conjoin, couple, fasten, knit, relate, tie, unite, yoke
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| related words: |
apply, buckle, butt, change, combine, consolidate, contact, cross, dock, join, joint, meet, pair |
adverb + (v.)connect
closely, deeply, direct, directly, electronically, emotionally, explicitly, indirectly, inextricably, intimately, intricately, loosely, physically, politically, remotely, somehow, visually, wirelessly
(v.)connect
+ adverb
downtown
(v.)connect
+ noun
battery, computer, disappearance, dot, grid, hub, laptop, mainland, net, network, printer, pump, receiver, rod, server, sewer, terminal, wireless
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| derivations: |
connectable (adj.), connected (adj.), connectible (adj.), connecter (n.), connector (n.) |
The word connect
contains the following part:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
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