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say it: kuh-NEKT
connect is a verb meaning "connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces". It carries 11 recorded senses.
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?”
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”
establish a rapport or relationship
“The President of this university really connects with the faculty”
establish communication with someone
“did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for connect come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.