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# connect

«connect» in Mova's school dictionary: **To join two or more things together so they touch or are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (connect, connects, connected, connecting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To join two or more things together so they touch or are linked: «connect the wires». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m1)

2) To link to a network, the internet, a phone line or a power supply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m2)

3) To see or show that two ideas, facts or events are related: «connect the clues». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m3)

4) For a train, bus or plane to meet another so that you can change from one to the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m4)

5) To feel close to and understand someone: «She really connects with children». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m5)

6) (informal, sport) To hit something well: «He connected with the ball». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, pupils connect wires, bulbs and batteries to make a circuit; in maths they connect dots, points and lines to draw shapes; in reading they connect ideas and clues. In everyday life we connect to Wi-Fi, connect a phone charger, connect with friends. Safety: never connect things to the mains yourself, and never connect the two ends of a battery directly. Phrases: «connect to», «connect with», «connect the dots», «connected to the internet», «stay connected».

### examples

- Connect the battery to the bulb with two wires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x1)
- Connect the dots in order to see the picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x2)
- The tablet won't connect to the Wi-Fi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x3)
- Can you connect the clues and find who took the cake? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x4)
- This bridge connects the two halves of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x5)
- Our train connects with the ferry at the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x6)
- Grandma connects with every child she meets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x7)
- He finally connected with the ball and it flew into the net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x8)
- Join the points A, B and C to connect them into a triangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x9)
- This trait connects her with Medusa, and the three sister Baba Yagas with the three Gorgones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/#x10)

### note

Regular verb. Use «connect A to B» or «connect A and B» for joining things, «connect with» for people or for meeting transport. Opposite: «disconnect». Noun: «connection». The double N is a common spelling trap: c-o-n-n-e-c-t.

### In the corpora

- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)
- [The adult brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms and has about 86 billion nerve cells, each connected to thousands of others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/6/)
- [Second: everything is connected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/3/)
- [Small brains can do surprising things when their cells are well connected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/1/)
- [Linking words such as "however", "because" and "as a result" show how ideas connect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «connect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.