connect

To join things together, or to form a link between them.

• Connect the two ends.
• A narrow road connects the villages.
• We connected the pipe to the water tank.

How to use it: connect A to B (Connect the hose to the tap.); connect A with B (A bridge connects the island with the mainland.)

Similar words: join, link, attach

Opposites: disconnect, separate

Common phrases: connect two things, connect something to something, connect with something

To link a device, line, or building to an electrical, telephone, or computer network.

• Connect your phone to the network.
• The technician connected our house yesterday.
• Can this computer connect to the internet?

How to use it: connect something to a network (Connect your laptop to the wireless network.); connect to something (My phone cannot connect to the internet.)

Similar words: hook up, link

Opposites: disconnect

Common phrases: connect to something, connect a phone, connect to the internet

If a blow or shot does this, it hits the person or thing it is aimed at.

• Her first punch connected.
• The kick connected with his shoulder.
• Only one of the boxer's blows connected.

How to use it: connect with someone/something (His punch connected with his opponent's jaw.)

Similar words: land, hit

Opposites: miss

Common phrases: connect with something, connect with someone