connect

connect
verb
1 join
ADVERB
directly

Downstairs toilets were connected directly to the drains.

physically
remotely, wirelessly

A classroom modem allows you to connect remotely to the server.

laptops that connect wirelessly to the Net

PREPOSITION
to

Connect the machine to the power supply.

with

A corridor connects his office with the main building.

2 link
ADVERB
closely, inextricably, intimately, seamlessly

Bad diet is closely connected with many common illnesses.

directly
loosely

Those details are only loosely connected to the plot.

causally
politically
emotionally
PREPOSITION
to

I was feeling alive and connected to nature.

I think Seb was connected to the murder.

The entire family is connected to the Mafia.

with

The police were looking for evidence to connect him with the crime.

Connect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bridge, ↑cable, ↑cord, ↑corridor, ↑door, ↑hallway, ↑line, ↑link, ↑operator, ↑route, ↑thread, ↑tunnel
Connect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑battery, ↑cable, ↑device, ↑end, ↑modem, ↑phone, ↑pipe, ↑printer, ↑telephone, ↑terminal, ↑wire

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