Tra từ connect - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·nect [connect connects connected connecting] BrE [kəˈnekt] NAmE [kəˈnekt] verb

JOIN
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (A to/with/and B) to join together two or more things; to be joined together
• The towns are connected by train and bus services.
• The canal was built to connect Sheffield with the Humber estuary.
•a connecting door (= one that connects two rooms)
•The rooms on this floor connect.

ELECTRICITY/GAS/WATER
2. transitive ~ sth (to sth) to join sth to the main supply of electricity, gas, water, etc. or to another piece of equipment
• First connect the printer to the computer.
• We're waiting for the telephone to be connected.
Opp: ↑disconnect

INTERNET
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sb) (to sth) to join a computer to the Internet or a computer network
• Click ‘Continue’ to connect to the Internet.
Opp: ↑disconnect

LINK
4. transitive ~ sb/sth (with sb/sth) to notice or make a link between people, things, events, etc.
Syn: ↑associate
• There was nothing to connect him with the crime.
• I was surprised to hear them mentioned together: I had never connected them before.

OF TRAIN/BUS/PLANE
5. intransitive ~ (with sth) to arrive just before another one leaves so that passengers can change from one to the other
•His flight to Amsterdam connects with an afternoon flight to New York.
•There's a connecting flight at noon.

TELEPHONE LINES
6. transitive ~ sb to join telephone lines so that people can speak to each other
Syn: put through
•Hold on please, I'm trying to connect you.
Opp: ↑disconnect

FORM RELATIONSHIP
7. intransitive ~ (with sb) (especially NAmE)to form a good relationship with sb so that you like and understand each other
•They met a couple of times but they didn't really connect.

HIT
8. intransitive (especially NAmE)~ (with sb/sth) (informal)to hit sb/sth
•The blow connected and she felt a surge of pain.
Derived: ↑connect something up ▪ ↑connect up
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘be united physically’; rare before the 18th cent.): from Latin connectere, from con- ‘together’ + nectere ‘bind’.

Thesaurus:
connect verb T, I
1.
•I'm looking for jobs connected with the environment.
link • • couple sth with sth •
be connected/linked/coupled with sb/sth
be closely/intimately/directly/inextricably/obviously/necessarily/loosely/somehow/in some way connected/linked
Connect or link? Link is often used when the connection between two things is stronger, in a way that makes it impossible to separate them; connect means that two things belong to the same general area. People can be connected with each other, but not linked:
•They were connected by marriage.
✗ They were linked by marriage.
2. T
•There was nothing to connect him with the crime.
relate • • associate • • match • |especially journalism link •
connect/relate/match/link sth to sth
connect/associate/match/link sth with sth
connect/relate/associate/match/link sth directly
Connect, relate or associate? When you associate two things in your mind, it often just happens because of previous experiences. When you relate or connect them it requires more effort, because the connection is not so obvious or natural to you:
•I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood.
✗ I always relate/connect the smell of baking with my childhood.:
•I found it hard to relate/connect the two things in my mind.
✗ I found it hard to associate the two things in my mind.

Example Bank:
•A corridor connects his office with the main building.
•Bad diet is closely connected with many common illnesses.
•Connect the machine to the power supply.
•Downstairs toilets were connected directly to the drains.
•I think Seb was connected to the murder.
•I was feeling alive and connected to nature.
•The entire family is connected to the Mafia.
•The police were looking for evidence to connect him with the crime.
•Those details are only loosely connected to the plot.
•We need to connect all the pipes up to the water tank.
•laptops that connect wirelessly to the Net
•I found it hard to relate/connect the two ideas in my mind.
•I've been applying for jobs connected with the environment.
•The canal was built to connect the city with the port.
•The two bedrooms connect.
•The two factors are directly linked/connected.
•The two subjects are closely connected.
•There is a connecting door between the two bedrooms.
•There were buses that connected the two villages not only to each other but also with the city.
•They are connected by marriage.