| VERB | contact | connect, link, tie, link up | connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
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| cognition | connect, associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up | make a logical or causal connection | |
| stative | connect, link, link up, join, unite | be or become joined or united or linked | |
| communication | connect | join by means of communication equipment | |
| contact | connect | land on or hit solidly | |
| communication | connect | join for the purpose of communication | |
| stative | connect | be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation | |
| social | connect | establish a rapport or relationship | |
| social | connect, get in touch, touch base | establish communication with someone | |
| contact | connect, plug in, plug into | plug into an outlet | |
| contact | connect | hit or play a ball successfully |
| Sounds | kahneh'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?" | |
| Synonyms | link, tie, link up | |
| Narrower | attach | Cause to be attached |
| bridge, bridge over | Connect or reduce the distance between | |
| daisy-chain | Connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer | |
| ground | Connect to a ground | |
| hang together, interdepend | Be connected | |
| hitch | Connect to a vehicle | |
| interconnect, interlink | Cause to be interconnected or interwoven | |
| join, conjoin | make contact or come together | |
| join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked | |
| put through | Connect by telephone | |
| tee | Connect with a tee | |
| tie | Unite musical notes by a tie | |
| Opposite | disconnect | make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten |
| Spanish | acoplar, asociar, atar, comunicar, conectar, empatar, entroncar, juntar, ligar, unir, vincular | |
| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, associar, comunicar, connectar, empatar, entroncar, lligar, reunir, unir | |
| Adjectives | connective | connecting or tending to connect |
| Nouns | connector, connecter | an instrumentality that connects |
| Meaning | make a logical or causal connection. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Example | "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind" | |
| Synonyms | associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up | |
| Narrower | correlate | Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation |
| free-associate | associate freely | |
| identify | conceive of as united or associated | |
| interrelate | place into a mutual relationship | |
| remember | Exercise, or have the power of, memory | |
| think of, have in mind, mean | Intend to refer to | |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
| Opposite | decouple, dissociate | regard as unconnected |
| Spanish | asociar, comunicar, conectar, entroncar, ligar, relacionar, unir, vincular | |
| Catalan | associar, comunicar, connectar, entroncar, relacionar, vincular | |
| Adjectives | connective | connecting or tending to connect |
| Nouns | connection, connexion | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination / imagination |
| Meaning | Be or become joined or united or linked. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The two streets connect to become a highway" | |
| Synonyms | link, link up, join, unite | |
| Narrower | articulate | Unite by forming a joint or joints |
| complect, interconnect, interlink | Be interwoven or interconnected | |
| syndicate | join together into a syndicate | |
| Spanish | comunicar, conectar, entroncar, unir | |
| Catalan | comunicar, connectar, entroncar, unir | |
| Adjectives | connective | connecting or tending to connect |
| Meaning | join by means of communication equipment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Similar to | connect | join for the purpose of communication |
| Spanish | conectar | |
| Nouns | connection, connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| Meaning | Land on or hit solidly. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" | |
| Broader | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against |
| Spanish | arrear | |
| Meaning | join for the purpose of communication. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Similar to | connect | join by means of communication equipment |
| Spanish | conectar | |
| Nouns | connection | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| Meaning | Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | comunicar, entroncar | |
| Catalan | comunicar, entroncar | |
| Nouns | connection, connexion | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
| Meaning | Establish a rapport or relationship. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" | |
| Broader | relate | Have or establish a relationship to |
| Similar to | get in touch, touch base, connect | Establish communication with someone |
| Spanish | conectar | |
| Adjectives | connective | connecting or tending to connect |
| Nouns | connection | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) |
| Meaning | Establish communication with someone. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" | |
| Synonyms | get in touch, touch base | |
| Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
| Similar to | connect | Establish a rapport or relationship |
| Spanish | conectar | |
| Nouns | connection, connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| Meaning | Plug into an outlet. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" | |
| Synonyms | plug in, plug into | |
| Entails | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Broader | insert, infix, enter, introduce | put or introduce into something |
| Opposite | unplug, disconnect | Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable |
| Spanish | conectar, enchufar | |
| Nouns | connection, connexion, connector | an instrumentality that connects |
| Meaning | hit or play a ball successfully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The batter connected for a home run" | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
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