Meaning

(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
2. (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
3. (intransitive, of a blow) To arrive at an intended target; to land.
4. (transitive, of 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.
5. (transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
6. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
7. To associate; to establish a relation between.
8. To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

Example Sentences

I think this piece connects to that piece over there.

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.

When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room.

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.

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. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.

I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work.

When the technician connects my house, I'll be able to access the internet.

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Use connect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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