noun
Meaning 1
Clipping of connection.
A drug dealer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Clipping of connection.
A drug dealer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Clipping of connection.
A useful friend or associate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite, accouple, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, construct, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, piece together, piecen, pinion, splice, wed, yoke
Antonyms: disconnect
verb
To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To arrive at an intended target; to land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To associate; to establish a relation between.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
make a logical or causal connection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Narrower terms: remember, interrelate, correlate, identify, free-associate, think of, have in mind, mean
verb
join for the purpose of communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: join, bring together
verb
join by means of communication equipment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: join, bring together
verb
land on or hit solidly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
verb
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: link, tie, link up
Antonyms: disconnect
Narrower terms: join, conjoin, ground, bring together, attach, daisy-chain, tie, interconnect, interlink, tee, put through, hitch, hang together, interdepend, bridge, bridge over
verb
hit or play a ball successfully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hit
verb
plug into an outlet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: plug in, plug into
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insert, infix, enter, introduce
verb
establish communication with someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: get in touch, touch base
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interact
verb
establish a rapport or relationship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: relate
verb
be or become joined or united or linked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: link, link up, join, unite
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: syndicate, articulate, complect, interconnect, interlink
verb
be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
History
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.
Across languages
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.