verb
1. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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Can you connect the two loudspeakers?
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Tie the ropes together
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Link arms
• Ant: ↑disconnect (for: ↑connect)
• Derivationally related forms:
↑linkup, ↑tie (for: ↑tie), ↑link (for: ↑link), ↑linkage (for: ↑link), ↑connective (for: ↑connect), ↑connector (for: ↑connect), ↑connecter (for: ↑connect)
• Hyponyms:
↑join, ↑conjoin, ↑ground, ↑bring together, ↑attach, ↑daisy-chain, ↑tie, ↑interconnect, ↑interlink, ↑tee, ↑put through, ↑hitch, ↑hang together, ↑interdepend, ↑bridge, ↑bridge over
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody PP
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Somebody ——s something PP
2. make a logical or causal connection
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I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
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colligate these facts
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I cannot relate these events at all
• Ant: ↑dissociate (for: ↑associate)
• Derivationally related forms:
↑connective (for: ↑connect), ↑connection (for: ↑connect), ↑connexion (for: ↑connect), ↑colligation (for: ↑colligate), ↑link (for: ↑link), ↑linkage (for: ↑link), ↑relation (for: ↑relate), ↑associative (for: ↑associate), ↑associable (for: ↑associate), ↑associatory (for: ↑associate), ↑association (for: ↑associate)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody with something
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Somebody ——s something with something
3. be or become joined or united or linked
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The two streets connect to become a highway
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Our paths joined
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The travelers linked up again at the airport
• Derivationally related forms: ↑jointure (for: ↑join), ↑juncture (for: ↑join), ↑joining (for: ↑join), ↑link (for: ↑link), ↑linkage (for: ↑link), ↑connective (for: ↑connect)
• Hyponyms: ↑syndicate, ↑articulate, ↑complect, ↑interconnect, ↑interlink
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.