connect

Syllables: con·nect/kəˈnɛkt/

connect verb: to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

Verb

connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)

(intransitive) 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.
Synonyms:

affix, join, put together, unite, accouple, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, bind

Antonyms:

disconnect
(intransitive) 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.
(intransitive) To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.
(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.
- The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
(transitive) 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.
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.
- Later on, when he had loosened up considerably, he told an amusing story that he said took place during a Sino-Soviet border flare-up in 1969. "We had a hot line between the Soviet Union and ourselves then," he said, "but it had already become cold because the Kremlin never used it. At the time of...1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 568
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.
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.

Noun

connect (plural connects)

(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, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray, Friends & Foes, page 100
- The affidavit says the source wore a recording device during one conversation with the drug dealer, who said the officer "was doing this for big money and does runs for several connects in Bmore. Not just weed, but heroin as well, a few times coke."2018 November 20, Justin Fenton, “Documents show FBI was investigating Baltimore officer, who has since resigned, for alleged drug trafficking”, in The Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 23...
(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 August 3, Lauren Floyd, quoting Melissa Hanna, “People 'Took One Look at Me' and Doubted 'I could build a Million-Dollar' Company, Says Founder of Mahmee App That Attracted $3M From Mark Cuban...
- Now that you look the part, hopefully, you have some connects because nothing looks worse than paying to get into a club!2019 August 28, Chris Black, “Ask Chris Black: How Do You Keep Your Clothes Looking (and Smelling) Fresh?”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022

connect meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

connect in Tamil

இணை, சேர்

connect in Urdu

باندھنا, جوڑنا, لگانا, ملانا

connect in Bengali

to connect, join: জোড়া jōṛa

connect in Telugu

అనుసంధానం, అనుసంధానం చేయండి, కనెక్ట్ చేయండి

More languagesFewer languages

connect in Malayalam: കൂട്ടിയോജിപ്പിക്കുക, ഇണക്കുക, സംബന്ധിപ്പിക്കുക
connect in Kannada: ಅಮರು, ತರು, ಕೂಡಿಸು, ಹೊಂದಿಸು
connect in Punjabi: ਕੁਨੈਕਟ ਕਰੋ, ਜੁਡ਼ਨਾ, ਜੁਡ਼ਨ
connect in Odia: ସଂଯୋଗ କରନ୍ତୁ
connect in Sanskrit: कोचति kocati
connect in Nepali: जडान गर्ने
connect in Arabic: رَبَطَ rabaṭa
connect in Thai: เชื่อม chʉ̂ʉam, ต่อ dtɔ̀ɔ, ต่อสาย
connect in Vietnamese: nối, kết nối

Examples of connect in a sentence

With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
I called all my connects, but they were completely dry too.2021, Mike Majlak, Riley J. Ford, The Fifth Vital:
My agent has a lot of connects so he's always in talks with people.2020 May 27, Catherine Healey, quoting Bryce Cotton, “Perth Wildcats star Bryce Cotton won't be caged if NBA offer comes”, in The West...
It was a lot of connects but we realized when we came home, we had more resources.2020 November 3, Shirley Ju, quoting Cyrus Dobre, “Cyrus Dobre On Positive Energy, "Bye Bye" & Making People Smile”, in Flaunt, archived...

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Synonyms of connect

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Antonyms

disconnect

All synonyms and antonyms of connect

Forms of connect

Verb
third-person singular present	connects
present participle	connecting
past participle	connected
past	connected
second-person singular present (archaic)	connectest
second-person singular past (archaic)	connectedst
third-person singular present (archaic)	connecteth
Noun
plural	connects

Past tense of connect: connected

Origin of connect

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

Phrases with connect

connect times

Words that rhyme with connect

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Questions about connect

What does connect mean?: Connect means to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
What is connect in Tamil?: Connect in Tamil is இணை, சேர். See Connect meaning in Tamil.
How do you use connect in a sentence?: With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St.
What part of speech is connect?: Connect can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce connect?: Connect is pronounced /kəˈnɛkt/.
What is the past tense of connect?: The past tense of connect is connected.

Words near connect in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: connect (page history and authors); connect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connect (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জোড়া (Bengali) (page history and authors); connect (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); connect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connect (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); connect (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कोचति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); connect (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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