verb
Meaning 1
To link or join together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
link up
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verb
Meaning 2
To become linked or joined together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To meet with someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
make a logical or causal connection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, connect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Narrower terms: remember, interrelate, correlate, identify, free-associate, think of, have in mind, mean
verb
Meaning 5
connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
- Tie the ropes together
- Link arms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: connect, link, tie
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: join, conjoin, ground, bring together, attach, daisy-chain, tie, interconnect, interlink, tee, put through, hitch, hang together, interdepend, bridge, bridge over
verb
Meaning 6
be or become joined or united or linked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The two streets connect to become a highway
- Our paths joined
- The travelers linked up again at the airport
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: connect, link, join, unite
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: syndicate, articulate, complect, interconnect, interlink
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: kunligi — to connect
- German: verknüpfen — to connect
- German: verlinken — to connect