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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
connect
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cable connects sth to sth
▪ How many miles of cables connect North America to Europe?
a connecting flight (=a flight that arrives before another one leaves)
▪ We had to wait for three hours in New York before catching a connecting flight to Chicago.
access the Internet/connect to the Internet
▪ You can access the Internet from your mobile phone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
▪ Equally Leudast's position in Tours was closely connected with changing royal control of the city.
▪ It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.
▪ He is closely connected with that woman of yer father's, Rosalli Gabrielli.
▪ A long-term irritant to the police has been the ongoing allegation that some officers have been closely connected with freemasonry.
▪ Green politics are closely connected with the emergence of a critical consumer movement.
▪ There is also increased awareness that educational achievements are closely connected to national cultures and traditions.
▪ Some of them were closely connected with those already in existence but they also sprang from advances in science and technology.
directly
▪ The cistern of the close-coupled design sits on top of the pan and is connected directly to it.
▪ It can also connect directly via an Internetstyle network connection.
▪ The engines of the rocket do not apply a force directly to his body as he is not connected directly to them.
▪ It was the first time a person directly connected to the $ 5. 8 billion Metro Rail project was criminally charged.
▪ There are several factors which directly connect postmodernism and the new mode of economic regulation.
▪ He says they have to photograph issues not connected directly with the rally, perhaps the environment or wildlife.
▪ Only a small charge directly connected to the detonator exploded.
▪ Your social worker is available to discuss any worries you have, even if they are not directly connected with your child.
intimately
▪ Most contemporaries realized that the two aspects were intimately connected.
▪ And they saw learning as some-thing intimately connected with self.
▪ Consider the circumstances: the pope had ended the Council with two final anathemas which were intimately connected with Anselm's situation.
▪ They were intimately connected by an active worldwide electronic network, encrypted where necessary.
▪ The nematode generations are intimately connected with those of their hosts.
▪ Yet our everyday understanding of this term is intimately connected with the idea of choice.
▪ And that was intimately connected with the other problem.
▪ Our voices are intimately connected with the way we live our lives.
well
▪ Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.
▪ Be sure to get concrete and focused information from some one well connected to the writing world.
▪ She was well off, well educated, well connected, but she wasn't well.
▪ Certainly, such insubordination and disloyalty would have gotten a less well connected man court-martialed.
▪ Samson was a man of worldly tastes and habits: he was well connected, well educated, generous and rich.
▪ By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.
▪ And it does show these people are well connected.
▪ Through his wife, Lisa Weiler, he is well connected in the world of contemporary art and they are both collectors.
■ NOUN
cable
▪ Then connect the cable cores to the faceplate and attach it as before.
▪ Option 1 is to connect the supply cable as a spur to an existing loop-in ceiling rose or junction box.
computer
▪ He also reckons there are underlying growth trends in the market for connecting personal computers to networks.
▪ The modem has a feature that lets you talk to some one on the phone while connected to a computer.
▪ To get on the Net, you simply connect your computer to any of these networked computers via an Internet Service Provider.
▪ No longer was it enough to write a program that connected reliably with local computer bulletin boards or even national on-line services.
▪ The terminals are generally connected to the central computer by telecommunications links.
▪ Some come with voice-mail features, and others allow you to talk over a phone line while connected to another computer.
▪ They have a piano - not a very good one! - which is connected to a computer.
▪ Participants were also connected by computer.
internet
▪ We don't realise that when we connect to the internet from home, some one may be watching our every move.
▪ They are connected to the global Internet through leased lines.
▪ You compose your message, connect to your local Internet Service Provider, upload your mail and then disconnect.
▪ Currently, most home users connect to the Internet by modem, using conventional telephone lines.
▪ They show that3.5m computers were connected to the internet by the end of 1999.
▪ Remember also, that you don't have to be connected to the Internet to read or write an email.
line
▪ I then attached a ring to this line and connected it to Dawn's leash.
▪ We want to build a line which will connect Seatown with the big cities.
▪ You will already have the telephone line connecting into the Teleputer card to drive the Modem and Fax.
▪ Some come with voice-mail features, and others allow you to talk over a phone line while connected to another computer.
▪ In 1894 the company erected a telephone line to connect their works at Halling and Upnor.
▪ Each contour line connects the points on the surface of the building where the wind pressure is equal.
network
▪ The necessary question, none the less, must be addressed: What is it that these networks are connecting?
▪ He provided a comprehensive network of farm buildings connected, it is said, by a telegraph system.
▪ Now, suppose we have the network connected as shown in Figure 7. 5, where w1 and w2 are weights.
▪ It collects and distributes traffic to and from the urban network and it also connects facilities such as schools and shops.
▪ Regional networks evolved from networks that originally connected geographically proximate universities.
▪ A crossbar network connects the processors at 800Mbytes per second.
▪ It is anticipated that many types of networks will eventually connect to the NAPs.
series
▪ The excitation winding is connected in series with a small current-limiting resistor.
▪ His ingredients for success were the same as those of practically everyone connected with the series.
▪ A small resistor is connected in series with the coil to limit the current during core saturation.
▪ The two microphones and earpieces are then connected together in series with the battery as shown in Fig 2.
service
▪ Getting there: Several airlines offer connecting jet service to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
▪ By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.
system
▪ We would also like to establish a functional and efficient method for connecting our systems to the specialist gardens.
▪ It can tell your modem, for instance, the speed at which you want to connect to a remote system.
▪ Finally, he decided to make good on the excuse he'd used to leave early and connected with the dish system.
▪ Instead, each planet had its own peculiar machinery which was related to but not integrally connected to a universal system.
▪ Though such stories are also unattributed, they are not connected with the lobby system itself.
▪ Did any towns thrive which were not connected to the railway system?
▪ Eo Phone for connecting a cellular phone system.
▪ The Chubb connects the electronic warning system to Guy's Marsh police station.
way
▪ He wondered it if were connected in some way with the fouling of the water system.
▪ But they connected in a way that mattered to them both.
▪ Make sure the three electrolytic capacitors are connected the correct way round as shown.
▪ Inside and outside are connected in another way as well.
▪ Setting up a meeting and getting connected NetMeeting offers several ways to run a conference.
▪ Here, a key way for an individual to spread his or her point of view is to get connected.
▪ Only one output is shown; the other nine outputs are connected in the same way.
▪ Our voices are intimately connected with the way we live our lives.
■ VERB
stay
▪ Fourteen cents a day, which is what a local call costs if you stay connected, is cheap.
▪ I turn next to ways to stay connected when you are traveling.
▪ Keeping your relationship fresh better enables you to stay connected with your kids.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
closely related/connected/associated etc
▪ Cuvier noticed that the most recently extinct creatures such as the mammoth were closely related to living species.
▪ However, a further ten shared elements show whales to be closely related to hippopotami.
▪ It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.
▪ Perhaps even more than is usual in the social sciences, theory is closely related to practice.
▪ Power strategies are closely related to power bases.
▪ The men are often in the home, doing work closely associated with women in most societies.
▪ These enormous structures vary with age and are closely related to the dominance of their owners in the hierarchy.
▪ This is closely related to item 3 above.
well connected
▪ And it does show these people are well connected.
▪ Be sure to get concrete and focused information from some one well connected to the writing world.
▪ By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.
▪ Certainly, such insubordination and disloyalty would have gotten a less well connected man court-martialed.
▪ For non-residents, other than the nobly born and well connected, it is less informative.
▪ Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.
▪ Samson was a man of worldly tastes and habits: he was well connected, well educated, generous and rich.
▪ She was well off, well educated, well connected, but she wasn't well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Have you connected the speakers to the amplifier?
▪ Home workers are connected with the office by the Internet.
▪ I'd probably know Phil by sight, but I just can't connect the face and the name.
▪ In the first inning, Mitchell connected for his 19th home run of the season.
▪ Jennings has twisted the ligaments which connect the knee-cap and the lower part of the leg.
▪ Please hold. I'll try to connect you.
▪ The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County.
▪ The government was planning a new railway connecting Marseille and Paris.
▪ The hoses which connect the radiator to the engine are leaking.
▪ The Kathmandu-Lhasa Highway connects Nepal and Tibet.
▪ The scanner is connected to a computer that prints the name and price of each grocery item at the checkout.
▪ The two lakes are connected by a narrow canal.
▪ The umbilical cord connects the baby to the placenta.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It connected callers with Sexy Susie, offering a range of non-financial adult services.
▪ It is the sensation connected with this muscle activity that we associate with having weight.
▪ Millions of people tried to connect to the site, but only thousands got in.
▪ Regional networks evolved from networks that originally connected geographically proximate universities.
▪ That meant people connected with us.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Connect

Connect \Con*nect"\, v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.

Connect

Connect \Con*nect"\ (k[o^]n*n[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]

  1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

    He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
    --Pope.

    A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism.
    --Locke.

  2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

  3. To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.

  4. To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.

    Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
connect

mid-15c., from Latin conectere "join together" (see connection). Displaced 16c. by connex (1540s), from Middle French connexer, from Latin *connexare, a supposed frequentative of conectere (past participle stem connex-). Connect was re-established 1670s.\n

\nA similar change took place in French, where connexer was superseded by connecter. Meaning "to establish a relationship" (with) is from 188

  1. Slang meaning "get in touch with" is attested by 1926, from telephone connections. Meaning "awaken meaningful emotions, establish rapport" is from 194

  2. Of a hit or blow, "to reach the target," from c.1920. Related: Connected; connecting; connectedness.

Wiktionary
connect

vb. 1 (context intransitive of an object English) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. 2 (context intransitive of two objects English) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other. 3 (context transitive of an object English) 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.

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WordNet
connect

  1. v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect]

  2. make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up] [ant: decouple]

  3. be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: link, link up, join, unite]

  4. join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area"

  5. land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"

  6. join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"

  7. be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"

  8. establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty"

  9. establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" [syn: get in touch, touch base]

  10. plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" [syn: plug in] [ant: unplug]

  11. hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run"

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Wikipedia
Connect

Connect may refer to:

Connect (trade union)

Connect was a British trade union representing workers in the communications industry.

Connect (biotechnology organization)

Connect, sometimes stylized CONNECT, is an independent non-profit organization servicing the San Diego region with offices in San Diego and Washington, D.C. Connect links high technology and life sciences entrepreneurs with the resources that they need for success: technology, money, markets, management, partners and support services. The current CEO is Gregory K. McKee.

Connect (sculpture)

Connect is a public art work by artist Jeremy Wolf. It is installed in Riverside Park on the east side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Connect (album)

Connect is the fourth studio album by Australian band Sick Puppies, and was released on 16 July 2013 by Capitol Records. This was the last album to feature Lead vocalist and guitarist Shimon Moore, who was kicked out of the band on 20 October 2014.

The album debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart, their highest charting position to date, with 18,195 copies sold. Connect sold 16,318 albums in its first week.

A preview of the first single " There's No Going Back" was released on YouTube on 10 May 2013. The single was released on 20 May 2013.

Connect (ClariS song)

is a pop song by the Japanese duo and idol unit ClariS, written by Shō Watanabe. It was released as the unit's second single on February 2, 2011 by SME Records. The song was used as the opening theme to the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. A music video was produced for "Connect", directed by Takumi Shiga. The single peaked at No. 5 on Japan's weekly Oricon singles chart, and was later awarded a Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.

Connect (users group)

Connect, a 501(c)(6) non-profit association, is Hewlett Packard's largest independent enterprise business technology community.

Formed from the consolidation of Encompass, HP-Interex, and ITUG in May, 2008, Connect is a community of more than 70,000 HP customers, partners and employees. Through a strategic business partnership with HP, Connect engages its members through education, community, philanthropy, and advocacy to HP.

This community of IT professionals delivers information technology solutions for complex and multi-system computing environments, focusing on HP technologies, including HP-UX, HP's NonStop, Blade, HP Helion, Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Unix, OpenVMS, Linux and Windows.

Through its advocacy channels, the Connect membership provides feedback and direction to HP and their partners and has been instrumental in influencing the direction of many HP technologies.

Connect (computer system)

Connect is a new social network analysis software data mining computer system developed by HMRC (UK) that cross-references business's and people's tax records with other databases to establish fraudulent or undisclosed (misdirected) activity.

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Usage examples of "connect".

They consisted of forts crowning a succession of rounded hills, and connected by earthen ramparts, loopholed houses, ditches, and an abattis of felled trees.

The scenery around it will always make it delightful, while the associations connected with the Achaian League, and the important events which have happened in the vicinity, will ever render the site interesting.

The bomb maker then gave the agents another dot that would have tied him directly to bin Laden, if it had ever been connected to other intelligence.

Later, several FBI agents connected to the Day of Terror investigation got cash bonuses for their work.

Quichuas and Aimaras could have passed across the wide Atlantic to Europe if there had been no stepping-stone in the shape of Atlantis with its bridge-like ridges connecting the two continents.

Bradley had noted something of the obvious indications of a gradual evolution from ape to spearman as exemplified by the several overlapping races of Alalus, club-men and hatchet-men that formed the connecting links between the two extremes with which he, had come in contact.

This passage quite confirms his view of the events connected with the overthrow of the Alamannic Kingdom by Clovis.

Could it be that others, in no way connected with the dreadful Hassan of Aleppo, were in quest of the slipper?

He felt that somewhere in the mind of Alfredo Morales might lurk a suspicion of a connecting link between the Frenchman and the new prisoner - both of whom Morales had seen at the inn.

Hence, in 1851, Muraviov established the factory of Nikolaievsk, near the mouth of the Amur, and those of Mariinsk and Alexandrovsk at either end of the portage connecting that river with the Bay of Castries.

The atmosphere analyzer showed the presence of no poisonous gases, and the pressure came to eleven hundred millibars, but he was supposed to go out helmeted, so he connected the oxygen hose to his own tank.

In every one it mentions that the victim was in some way, shape, or form connected to Anasazi artifacts.

I wanted to look more closely at some of the curious links I thought I had identified connecting the sudden appearance of Viracocha to the deluge legends of the Incas and other Andean peoples.

The anklebone was connected to the kneebone which was connected to the thighbone which was connected to the hipbone.

And you have somehow connected whatever happened on Aranea to the recent spider incidents on Earth.