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verb, to relate or associate
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connect
- 1) verb, to link or be linked together; join; fasten
- 2) verb, to relate or associate
- 3) verb, to establish telephone communications with or between
- 4) verb, to be meaningful or meaningfully related
- 5) verb, (of two public vehicles, such as trains or buses) to have the arrival of one timed to occur just before the departure of the other, for the convenient transfer of passengers
- 6) verb, to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly
- 7) verb, to be successful
- 8) verb, slang to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs
Etymology
C17: from Latin connectere to bind together, from nectere to bind, tie
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Synonyms
link, join, couple, attach, fasten, affix, unite, associate, league, mix, relate, pair, ally, identify, combine, affiliate, correlate, confederate, united, related, allied, bracket, akin


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