- to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- to establish communication between; put in communication: Operator, will you please connect me with Mr. Jones?
- to have as an accompanying or associated feature: pleasures connected with music.
- to cause to be associated, as in a personal or business relationship: to connect oneself with a group of like-minded persons; Our bank is connected with major foreign banks.
- to associate mentally or emotionally: She connects all telegrams with bad news.
- to link to an electrical or communications system; hook up: to connect a telephone.
- to become connected; join or unite: These two parts connect at the sides.
- (of trains, buses, etc.) to run so as to make connections (often followed by with): This bus connects with a northbound bus.
- to have or establish successful communication; make contact: I connected with two new clients today.
- to relate to or be in harmony with another person, one's work, etc.: We knew each other well but never connected.
- (of a drug dealer or user) to make direct contact for the illegal sale or purchase of drugs, as narcotics.
- to hit successfully or solidly: The batter connected for a home run. The boxer connected with a right.
- of or relating to a connection or connections: connect charges for a new cable television channel.
- to link or be linked together; join; fasten
- to relate or associate
- to establish telephone communications with or between
- to be meaningful or meaningfully related
- (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
- to hit, punch, kick, etc, solidly
- to be successful
- to find a source of drugs, esp illegal drugs
