CONNECT


Meaning of CONNECT in English

verb

1 join

ADVERB

▪ directly

Downstairs toilets were ~ed directly to the drains.

▪ physically

▪ remotely , wirelessly

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

laptops that ~ wirelessly to the Net

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Connect the machine to the power supply.

▪ with

A corridor ~s his office with the main building.

2 link

ADVERB

▪ closely , inextricably , intimately , seamlessly

Bad diet is closely ~ed with many common illnesses.

▪ directly

▪ loosely

Those details are only loosely ~ed to the plot.

▪ causally

▪ politically

▪ emotionally

PREPOSITION

▪ to

I was feeling alive and ~ed to nature.

I think Seb was ~ed to the murder.

The entire family is ~ed to the Mafia.

▪ with

The police were looking for evidence to ~ 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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .