connect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: connect	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for connect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
connect v connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" Synonym(s): connect, link, tie, link up Antonym(s): disconnect make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" Synonym(s): associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect Antonym(s): decouple, dissociate be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" Synonym(s): connect, link, link up, join, unite join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" 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" establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" Synonym(s): get in touch, touch base, connect plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" Synonym(s): plug in, plug into, connect Antonym(s): disconnect, unplug hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Connect \Connect"\, v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect* with another.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Connect \Con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Connected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Connecting}>.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See {Annex}.] 1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between. He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. --Pope. A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. --Locke. 2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair. {Connecting rod} (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
connect {Unix} socket library routine to connect a socket that has been created on the local hosts to one at a specified socket address on the remote host. {Unix manual pages}: connect(2), accept(2). (1995-03-21)