Verb | 1. | connect - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" Antonyms: disconnect - make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten |
2. | connect - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" | |
3. | connect - be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" | |
4. | connect - join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" | |
5. | connect - land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" | |
6. | connect - join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" | |
7. | connect - be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours" | |
8. | connect - establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" | |
9. | connect - establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" Synonyms: get in touch, touch base | |
10. | connect - plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" Synonyms: plug in | |
11. | connect - hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run" |
(library, networking) | connect - Unix socket library routine to connect
a socket that has been created on the local hosts to one at a
specified socket address on the remote host. Unix manual pages: connect(2), accept(2). |