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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

con·nect / kəˈnekt/ • v. [tr.] (often be connected) bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established: the electrodes were connected to a recording device. ∎ join together so as to provide access and communication: all the buildings are connected by underground passages | [intr.] the highway connects with major routes from all parts of the country. ∎ link to a power or water supply: your house is connected to the main cable TV network. ∎ put (someone) into contact by telephone. ∎ [intr.] (of a train, bus, aircraft, etc.) be timed to arrive at its destination before another train, aircraft, etc., departs so that passengers can transfer from one to the other: the bus connects with trains from Union Station. ∎ associate or relate in some respect: employees are rewarded with bonuses connected to their firm's performance. ∎ think of as being linked or related: I didn't connect the two incidents at the time. ∎ (of a thing) provide or have a link or relationship with (someone or something): there was no evidence to connect Jeff with the theft. ∎ [intr.] form a relationship or feel an affinity: I connected with kids individually. ∎ [intr.] inf. (of a blow) hit the intended target. DERIVATIVES: con·nect·a·ble adj. con·nect·ed·ly adv. con·nect·ed·ness n.

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connect

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

connect The process of establishing contact with a network, usually the Internet, via an INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. After a user has been connected and authorized he or she can make full use of the facilities of the network.

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connect

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

connect XVII. — L. connectere (cōnectere), f. CON- + nectere bind, fasten.
Hence connective XVII. So connection, connexion XIV. — L. connexiō, -ōn-, f. connectere, connex-.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

connect •abreact, abstract, act, attract, bract, compact, contract, counteract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, hunchbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked •play-act • autodidact •artefact (US artifact) • cataract •contact •marked, unremarked •Wehrmacht •affect, bisect, bull-necked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht •prefect • abject • retroject • intellect •genuflect • idiolect • dialect • aspect •circumspect • retrospect • Dordrecht •vivisect • architect • unbaked •sun-baked

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