Connected Connect I Connecting Kəˈnekt Join Canal Built

• the towns are connected by train and bus services.
• the canal was built to connect sheffield with the humber estuary.
• a connecting door (= one that connects two rooms)
• the rooms on this floor connect.

connect

1. to join together two or more things; to be joined together
• The towns are connected by train and bus services.
• The canal was built to connect Sheffield with the Humber estuary.
• a connecting door (= one that connects two rooms)
• The rooms on this floor connect.
2. to join something to the main supply of electricity, gas, water, etc. or to another piece of equipment.
• opposite disconnect
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• First connect the printer to the computer.
• We're waiting for the telephone to be connected.
3. to join a computer or a mobile device to the Internet or to a computer network
• opposite disconnect
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disconnect
• Click ‘Continue’ to connect to the Internet.
4. to notice or make a link between people, things, events, etc.
• synonym associate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/associate_1
• There was nothing to connect him with the crime.
• I was surprised to hear them mentioned together: I had never connected them before.
5. to arrive just before another one leaves so that passengers can change from one to the other
• His flight to Amsterdam connects with an afternoon flight to New York.
• There's a connecting flight at noon.
6. to join telephone lines so that people can speak to each other
• Hold on please, I'm trying to connect you.
7. to form a good relationship with somebody so that you like and understand each other
• They met a couple of times but they didn't really connect.
8. to hit somebody/something
• The blow connected and she felt a surge of pain.

Extra Examples

• A corridor connects his office with the main building.
• Bad diet is closely connected with many common illnesses.
• Connect the machine to the power supply.
• Downstairs toilets were connected directly to the drains.
• I think Seb was connected to the murder.
• I was feeling alive and connected to nature.
• The entire family is connected to the Mafia.
• The police were looking for evidence to connect him with the crime.
• Those details are only loosely connected to the plot.
• We need to connect all the pipes up to the water tank.
• laptops that connect wirelessly to the Net
• I found it hard to relate/connect the two ideas in my mind.
• I’ve been applying for jobs connected with the environment.
• The canal was built to connect the city with the port.
• The two bedrooms connect.
• The two factors are directly linked/connected.
• The two subjects are closely connected.
• There is a connecting door between the two bedrooms.
• There were buses that connected the two villages not only to each other but also with the city.
• They are connected by marriage.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they connect
• he / she / it connects
• past simple connected
• past participle connected
• -ing form connecting

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘be united physically’; rare before the 18th cent.): from Latin connectere, from con- ‘together’ + nectere ‘bind’.