connect
verb · noun
Simple meaning
Join using communication equipment.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kəˈnɛkt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
Join by means of communication equipment
“The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area.”
Join for the purpose of communication
“Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?”
transitiveof an object
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.
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
intransitiveof two objects
To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
To associate; to establish a relation between.
noun
A useful friend or associate.
A drug dealer.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Join by means of communication equipment
Used this way, connect is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use connect
- “The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train.”verb
- “The President of this university really connects with the faculty.”verb
- “Did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?”verb
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Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Joined or linked together.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
An instrumentality that connects.
An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A hotel room that shares a wall with an adjoining room and is connected by a private door.
A rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft).
A flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines).
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections.
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Synonyms
Sense: useful friend or associate
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