1. Join together or make a link between two or more pieces
   "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?";
   - link, tie, link up
    
2. Be or become joined or united or linked
   "The two streets connect to become a highway";
   - link, link up, join, unite
    
3. Make a logical or causal connection
   "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind";
   - associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up
    
4. Establish a rapport or relationship
   "The President of this university really connects with the faculty"
    
5. Establish communication with someone
   "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?";
   - get in touch, touch base [informal]
    
6. Join by means of communication equipment
   "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area"
    
7. Join for the purpose of communication
   "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
    
8. Connect an electrical device to a power source or another device
   "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight";
   - plug in, plug into
    
9. 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"
    
10. Land on or hit solidly
    "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"
     
11. (baseball) hit or play a ball successfully
    "The batter connected for a home run"

Derived forms: connects, connecting, connected

Type of: act, bear on, cerebrate, cogitate, collide with, concern, enter, have to do with, hit, impact, impinge on, infix, insert, interact, introduce, join, move, pertain, refer, relate, run into, strike, think, touch, touch on

Antonym: disconnect

Encyclopedia: Connect