connect

Definition

To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

Example Sentences

• "I think this piece connects to that piece over there."
• "Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there."
• "When that roundhouse kick connected with his temple it sent him flying across the room."

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