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Rhymes with -ɛkt

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin nectō

Latin cōnectō

Latin connectō

English connect

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

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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.