connect

Definitions

con- (together) + nect (tie) = "tie together." The image is literally knotting two ropes into one. That physical join scaled up to every kind of linking: connect wires, connect cities, connect ideas, connect with people. The root keeps the meaning steady — whatever you connect, you are binding it into one.

Common Collocations

• 1.connect to连接到
• 2.connect with与…建立联系
• 3.connect the dots把线索串起来
• 4.well-connected人脉广泛的
• 5.stay connected保持联系

Example Sentences

• 1.

  This cable connects the printer to your laptop.

• 2.

  The new bridge connects the island to the mainland.

• 3.

  We just clicked and really connected at the party.

• 4.

  I never connected the two events until now.

Easily Confused

connect vs link vs attach — connect is the broadest: join two things so they work or relate as one (connect a cable, connect with someone). link emphasizes a chain-like relation, often abstract or in data (link two accounts, a link between smoking and cancer). attach is one-directional fastening — sticking one thing onto another (attach a file, attach a label). You connect two equals; you attach a smaller thing to a bigger one.