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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cable connects sth to sth
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How many miles of cables connect North America to Europe?
a connecting flight (= a flight that arrives before another one leaves )
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We had to wait for three hours in New York before catching a connecting flight to Chicago.
access the Internet/connect to the Internet
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You can access the Internet from your mobile phone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
closely
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Equally Leudast's position in Tours was closely connected with changing royal control of the city.
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It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.
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He is closely connected with that woman of yer father's, Rosalli Gabrielli.
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A long-term irritant to the police has been the ongoing allegation that some officers have been closely connected with freemasonry.
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Green politics are closely connected with the emergence of a critical consumer movement.
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There is also increased awareness that educational achievements are closely connected to national cultures and traditions.
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Some of them were closely connected with those already in existence but they also sprang from advances in science and technology.
directly
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The cistern of the close-coupled design sits on top of the pan and is connected directly to it.
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It can also connect directly via an Internetstyle network connection.
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The engines of the rocket do not apply a force directly to his body as he is not connected directly to them.
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It was the first time a person directly connected to the $ 5. 8 billion Metro Rail project was criminally charged.
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There are several factors which directly connect postmodernism and the new mode of economic regulation.
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He says they have to photograph issues not connected directly with the rally, perhaps the environment or wildlife.
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Only a small charge directly connected to the detonator exploded.
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Your social worker is available to discuss any worries you have, even if they are not directly connected with your child.
intimately
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Most contemporaries realized that the two aspects were intimately connected .
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And they saw learning as some-thing intimately connected with self.
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Consider the circumstances: the pope had ended the Council with two final anathemas which were intimately connected with Anselm's situation.
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They were intimately connected by an active worldwide electronic network, encrypted where necessary.
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The nematode generations are intimately connected with those of their hosts.
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Yet our everyday understanding of this term is intimately connected with the idea of choice.
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And that was intimately connected with the other problem.
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Our voices are intimately connected with the way we live our lives.
well
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Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.
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Be sure to get concrete and focused information from some one well connected to the writing world.
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She was well off, well educated, well connected , but she wasn't well.
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Certainly, such insubordination and disloyalty would have gotten a less well connected man court-martialed.
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Samson was a man of worldly tastes and habits: he was well connected , well educated, generous and rich.
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By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.
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And it does show these people are well connected .
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Through his wife, Lisa Weiler, he is well connected in the world of contemporary art and they are both collectors.
■ NOUN
cable
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Then connect the cable cores to the faceplate and attach it as before.
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Option 1 is to connect the supply cable as a spur to an existing loop-in ceiling rose or junction box.
computer
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He also reckons there are underlying growth trends in the market for connecting personal computers to networks.
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The modem has a feature that lets you talk to some one on the phone while connected to a computer .
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To get on the Net, you simply connect your computer to any of these networked computers via an Internet Service Provider.
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No longer was it enough to write a program that connected reliably with local computer bulletin boards or even national on-line services.
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The terminals are generally connected to the central computer by telecommunications links.
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Some come with voice-mail features, and others allow you to talk over a phone line while connected to another computer .
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They have a piano - not a very good one! - which is connected to a computer .
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Participants were also connected by computer .
internet
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We don't realise that when we connect to the internet from home, some one may be watching our every move.
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They are connected to the global Internet through leased lines.
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You compose your message, connect to your local Internet Service Provider, upload your mail and then disconnect.
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Currently, most home users connect to the Internet by modem, using conventional telephone lines.
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They show that3.5m computers were connected to the internet by the end of 1999.
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Remember also, that you don't have to be connected to the Internet to read or write an email.
line
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I then attached a ring to this line and connected it to Dawn's leash.
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We want to build a line which will connect Seatown with the big cities.
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You will already have the telephone line connecting into the Teleputer card to drive the Modem and Fax.
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Some come with voice-mail features, and others allow you to talk over a phone line while connected to another computer.
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In 1894 the company erected a telephone line to connect their works at Halling and Upnor.
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Each contour line connects the points on the surface of the building where the wind pressure is equal.
network
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The necessary question, none the less, must be addressed: What is it that these networks are connecting ?
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He provided a comprehensive network of farm buildings connected , it is said, by a telegraph system.
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Now, suppose we have the network connected as shown in Figure 7. 5, where w1 and w2 are weights.
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It collects and distributes traffic to and from the urban network and it also connects facilities such as schools and shops.
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Regional networks evolved from networks that originally connected geographically proximate universities.
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A crossbar network connects the processors at 800Mbytes per second.
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It is anticipated that many types of networks will eventually connect to the NAPs.
series
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The excitation winding is connected in series with a small current-limiting resistor.
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His ingredients for success were the same as those of practically everyone connected with the series .
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A small resistor is connected in series with the coil to limit the current during core saturation.
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The two microphones and earpieces are then connected together in series with the battery as shown in Fig 2.
service
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Getting there: Several airlines offer connecting jet service to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services .
system
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We would also like to establish a functional and efficient method for connecting our systems to the specialist gardens.
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It can tell your modem, for instance, the speed at which you want to connect to a remote system .
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Finally, he decided to make good on the excuse he'd used to leave early and connected with the dish system .
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Instead, each planet had its own peculiar machinery which was related to but not integrally connected to a universal system .
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Though such stories are also unattributed, they are not connected with the lobby system itself.
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Did any towns thrive which were not connected to the railway system ?
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Eo Phone for connecting a cellular phone system .
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The Chubb connects the electronic warning system to Guy's Marsh police station.
way
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He wondered it if were connected in some way with the fouling of the water system.
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But they connected in a way that mattered to them both.
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Make sure the three electrolytic capacitors are connected the correct way round as shown.
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Inside and outside are connected in another way as well.
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Setting up a meeting and getting connected NetMeeting offers several ways to run a conference.
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Here, a key way for an individual to spread his or her point of view is to get connected .
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Only one output is shown; the other nine outputs are connected in the same way .
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Our voices are intimately connected with the way we live our lives.
■ VERB
stay
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Fourteen cents a day, which is what a local call costs if you stay connected , is cheap.
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I turn next to ways to stay connected when you are traveling.
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Keeping your relationship fresh better enables you to stay connected with your kids.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
closely related/connected/associated etc
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Cuvier noticed that the most recently extinct creatures such as the mammoth were closely related to living species.
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However, a further ten shared elements show whales to be closely related to hippopotami.
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It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.
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Perhaps even more than is usual in the social sciences, theory is closely related to practice.
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Power strategies are closely related to power bases.
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The men are often in the home, doing work closely associated with women in most societies.
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These enormous structures vary with age and are closely related to the dominance of their owners in the hierarchy.
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This is closely related to item 3 above.
well connected
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And it does show these people are well connected .
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Be sure to get concrete and focused information from some one well connected to the writing world.
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By Road Carnlough is 35 miles from Belfast and is well connected with regular transport services.
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Certainly, such insubordination and disloyalty would have gotten a less well connected man court-martialed.
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For non-residents, other than the nobly born and well connected , it is less informative.
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Pogo's family were very well connected and he had an entrée to every branch of society.
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Samson was a man of worldly tastes and habits: he was well connected , well educated, generous and rich.
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She was well off, well educated, well connected , but she wasn't well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Have you connected the speakers to the amplifier?
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Home workers are connected with the office by the Internet.
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I'd probably know Phil by sight, but I just can't connect the face and the name.
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In the first inning, Mitchell connected for his 19th home run of the season.
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Jennings has twisted the ligaments which connect the knee-cap and the lower part of the leg.
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Please hold. I'll try to connect you.
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The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco with Marin County.
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The government was planning a new railway connecting Marseille and Paris.
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The hoses which connect the radiator to the engine are leaking.
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The Kathmandu-Lhasa Highway connects Nepal and Tibet.
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The scanner is connected to a computer that prints the name and price of each grocery item at the checkout.
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The two lakes are connected by a narrow canal.
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The umbilical cord connects the baby to the placenta.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It connected callers with Sexy Susie, offering a range of non-financial adult services.
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It is the sensation connected with this muscle activity that we associate with having weight.
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Millions of people tried to connect to the site, but only thousands got in.
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Regional networks evolved from networks that originally connected geographically proximate universities.
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That meant people connected with us.