connectv.

Brit.

/kəˈnɛkt/, U.S.

/kəˈnɛk(t)/

Etymology: < Latin connectĕre (in classical period, cōnectĕre ) to tie, fasten, join together, < con- together + nectĕre to bind, tie, fasten. Compare modern French connecter (not in Cotgrave 1611). The earlier equivalent was French connexer , English connex n.

1. transitive. To join, fasten, or link together: said either of the personal agent or of the connecting medium or instrumentality. Const. to, with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)]

yokea1400

engluec1430

entacha1500

connect1537

colligate1545

connex1547

commit1560

complect1578

copulate1669

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 427 The corpuscles that constitute the quicksilver will be so connected to one another.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §82. 189 A Right line connecting the Sun and Earth.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 274 He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.

1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 4 From e draw lines connecting this point to abcde.

1883 Knowledge 13 July 24/2 The free ends of the coils are all connected to the commutator.

1891 N.E.D. at Connect Mod. The ancient paved way which connected the two camps can still be traced. The island is connected by telegraph with the mainland.

figurative.1537 Inst. Christen Man (new ed.) E [The Church] inwardly shall be connected..togither in one godly consent in charitie.1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 85 I would fasten [my affections] upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to.1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vii. 85 The pastoral tribes of Asia, by living in tents and moveable huts..are still less connected with their territory.

2. To join together in sequence, order, or coherence (ideas, words, the steps of an argument, the parts of a composition).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > in proper or logical sequence

connect1678

couplec1230

colligate1613

connect1678

tack1683

brace1826

1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum i. 14 They [sc. the Hebrews] thought the Names of things sufficiently connected, when they are placed in their natural consequence.

1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xvii. 408 The connexion of each intermediate Idea with those that it connects.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Connect..3. To join in a just series of thought, or regular construction of language: as, the authour connects his reasons well.

1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1878) I. iv. §8. 212 The Conjunctions are distinguished from the Prepositions by connecting Predications; while the Prepositions connect Words.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 238 This hint is the thread by which Plato connects the two parts of the dialogue.

a. To associate in occurrence or action. Chiefly passive, To be in necessary or natural association; to have practical relations, have to do with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)]

belong1340

pertaina1382

pretend1481

appertaina1500

link?1544

touch?1611

relate1646

rapport1649

connect1709

to tie in1938

to tie up1959

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > be or become concerned or involved

to have to do with (also mid, of, on)a1225

interlacec1380

to do with ——a1400

bedrive1481

concern1614

bear1658

connect1709

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §58. 63 [To] judge a faint or confused Appearance to be..connected with great or little Distance.

1753 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lett. xii. xi. (R.) I call him ours; for..I cannot separate myself from any thing with which you are connected.

1788 J. Bentham Let. 2 May in Corr. (1971) III. 618 A very busy amateur in everything that is in any way connected with mechanics.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 62 On the Advantages and the Pleasures connected with the Study of Botany.

b. To associate in idea; to view or think of as connected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

toucha1325

to have respect to (formerly also unto)a1398

connex?1541

report1548

bear1556

respect1614

to stand to ——1634

owe1644

connect1751

to tie in1958

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 168. ⁋6 Who does not..from the long habit of connecting a knife with sordid offices, feel aversion rather than terror?

1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. II in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 389/2 In the earliest states of society, all truth that has any interest or importance for man will connect itself with heaven.

1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1874) iv. ii. 497 The believer in Christ connects his very temporal mercies with the work and sufferings of his Saviour.

1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 33 To connect them [such irregularities] by way of effect with the new opinions in religion would be impertinent.

a. To unite (a person) with others (by ties of intimacy, common aims, or family relationship). Chiefly passive and reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [verb (intransitive)]

communique?1473

communicate1598

correspond1605

talk1705

connect1750

to get across1913

liaise1928

network1980

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > bring a person into some relation with another

fellowshipa1382

connect1750

to hook up1909

1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1533 Connect yourself, while you are in France, entirely with the French.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. xi. 276 Bishop Williams..was long and secretly connected with the patriotic party.

1835 T. B. Macaulay Sir James Mackintosh in Ess. (1854) I. 335/1 They saw their sovereign..connecting himself by the strongest ties with the most faithless and merciless persecutor.

1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 159 People connected with the Court.

b. To state or establish relationship with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another

tiec1000

link?a1412

mate1594

tack1683

relate1697

bridge1834

connect1881

to tie up1888

1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde i. 22 The pedigree which professes to connect the De Hagas of the twelfth century with the Pictish sovereigns of the ninth.

a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become joined or united; to join on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > be or become connected [verb (intransitive)]

connex1579

connect1744

1744 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 24 Dec. [They] are all of the Granville and Bath squadron except Lord Cholmondeley (who too, had connected with the former).

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 125 One all-comprehensive plan; wherein nothing stands alone, but all the parts connect with one another.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 That part which passes through, and connects with the ball.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 47 Connecting with it, there is a very small room..which Burns used as a study.

b. Of a railway train, steamer, etc.: to run in connection. Hence in slang use, of a person: to meet, find, get in touch with (another person). Also spec., to meet in order to obtain drugs (from); cf. connection n. 6c. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [verb (intransitive)] > make connection with another form of transport

connect1856

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > obtain drugs > meet in order to

connect1938

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 134 The train was advertised to connect here with a steamboat for Norfolk.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 177 Wait till I send you word. Don't try to connect with me.

1938 F. Chester Shot Full ii. 13 ‘Connecting’ was tough. Drugs were most difficult to obtain.

1938 F. Chester Shot Full ii. 15 One day when I went to a doctor to ‘connect’ for junk, I met another addict coming out.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed vii. 50 If you're connecting from Frankie, he should have told you.

c. figurative. To fit together or cohere (in logical sequence or agreement); to be practically related or associated. Also in extended uses: to ‘get across’, to ‘click’, to be meaningful.E. M. Forster's phr. ‘only connect’ (see quot. 1910¹) is frequently used allusively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > be intelligible [verb (intransitive)]

to make sense1554

connect1753

it (or that) figures1854

click1916

to add up1942

jive1943

the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > form relations

ruba1586

connect1753

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > be consistent

adhere1461

to hang together1553

cohere1598

refer1605

connect1753

society > communication > [verb (intransitive)] > successfully

to get across1913

to get over1918

connect1942

to come over1946

communicate1959

1753 Trial J. Stewart 267 From the depositions of these two witnesses, which connect exactly together, it is distinctly proved, etc.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Connect, v.n. To cohere; to have just relation to things precedent and subsequent. Seldom used but in conversation.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 284 The produce of the dairy, of which the price naturally connects with that of butcher's-meat.

a1792 Bp. G. Horne in Cent. Dict. (at cited word) This part will not connect with what goes before.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxii. 183 She would only point out the salvation that was latent..in the soul of every man. Only connect!

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxii. 184 Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life to either, will die.

1911 R. Brooke Let. 28 Apr. (1968) 302 We join up Puritan and Hedonist: we have (once more) only connected.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §591/4 Impress audience favorably; ‘get across’..connect.

1947 Picture Post 27 Sept. 5/2 Nothing ‘connects’ these days apparently beyond the eternal nylons, shop-windows and hotel-menus.

1958 Listener 30 Oct. 704/1 A magazine programme like ‘Science is News’ has probably done its job if one of its items connects.

1962 Listener 17 May 837/2 We are not entitled to demand faster growth and expect business, and indeed life, to continue as usual. As Mr Forster would say, let us ‘only connect’.

1962 Listener 2 Aug. 182/1 But he [sc. man] can connect; he can build bridges across the muddle of experience, of understanding, faithfulness, and love.

1962 Listener 4 Oct. 524/2 Papers on history and poetry which connect with politics but are not directly concerned with it.

1963 Listener 14 Mar. 458/1 It [sc. hot jazz] failed to become popular because it was unable to connect with popular needs.

1966 Guardian 21 Mar. 8/4 Whether the words ‘common good’ connect or not, hundreds of thousands of people in this country have a sense of the public interest.

d. To succeed in obtaining something (e.g. in a burglary). U.S. slang.

ΚΠ

1926 J. Black You can't Win xi. 144 ‘Did you connect, Kid?’ he asked when [i.e. after the burglary] we were on the street.

1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 203 To connect, to make a touch. The reward for good panhandling.

1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 289 He will move himself in for a few dibs if the good thing connects.

e. Of a punch, blow, etc.: to hit, to reach its target. Const. with and absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > succeed in striking

hit?a1400

to strike home1590

connect1933

1933 John o' London's Weekly 4 Feb. 720/2 To land a punch on the chin is..to ‘connect’ with that organ.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §677/21 Hit the ball..connect.

1960 Observer 24 Jan. 5/4 There is a thump like a pile-driver connecting with the pavement.

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2. The infinitive used attributively:

connect time n. the length of time that a terminal is actively connected or logged on to a computer system.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > network > [noun] > connect > time connected

connect time1978

1978 Online (U.S.) Apr. 57/2 We compared the advertised costs per hour of connect time..and the calculated discounts.

1985 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Apr. 152/2 (advt.) Connect time in excess of the 12 hours will be charged at the standard rate for the remainder of the year.

1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 2 July (CALM Suppl.) 4/1 Computer users pay connect time charges of $20 an hour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	connect
释义	Connectn. Brit. /kəˈnɛkt/, U.S. /kəˈnɛk(t)/ Etymology: < connect v. A proprietary name for a debit card issued in the U.K. by Barclays Bank. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit documents > credit card credit card1888 bank card1947 card1950 American Express1958 Amex1958 charge card1962 banker's card1966 Barclaycard1966 cheque card1966 Master Charge1966 gold card1970 asset card1975 debit card1975 visa1976 affinity card1979 master card1979 smart card1980 phonecard1981 key card1985 Connect1987 Switch card1988 1987 Daily Tel. 14 May 21/5 Connect is a debit card..due to be launched in three weeks. 1988 Banking World Mar. 29/2 Barclays will presumably be using Connect as its EFTPOS debit card. 1990 Which? June 318/1 These proposed new rules will apply to all bank and building society cashpoint cards, and the recently introduced debit cards such as Switch and Connect. 1994 Daily Mail 21 Dec. 43/5 Barclays is offering its 4.6 million Connect card holders a set of travel and leisure discounts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † connectadj. Etymology: Either short for connected, or formed after participial forms in -ct from Latin, such as erect , collective. The etymological form < Latin is connex n. Obsolete. rare. Connected. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] colligate1471 copulate?a1475 connect1578 connexed1614 connex1653 connected1712 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 72^v Not part of the ventricle, but some other part connect and knit thereto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). connectv. Brit. /kəˈnɛkt/, U.S. /kəˈnɛk(t)/ Etymology: < Latin connectĕre (in classical period, cōnectĕre ) to tie, fasten, join together, < con- together + nectĕre to bind, tie, fasten. Compare modern French connecter (not in Cotgrave 1611). The earlier equivalent was French connexer , English connex n. 1. transitive. To join, fasten, or link together: said either of the personal agent or of the connecting medium or instrumentality. Const. to, with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] yokea1400 engluec1430 entacha1500 connect1537 colligate1545 connex1547 commit1560 complect1578 copulate1669 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 427 The corpuscles that constitute the quicksilver will be so connected to one another. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §82. 189 A Right line connecting the Sun and Earth. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 274 He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 4 From e draw lines connecting this point to abcde. 1883 Knowledge 13 July 24/2 The free ends of the coils are all connected to the commutator. 1891 N.E.D. at Connect Mod. The ancient paved way which connected the two camps can still be traced. The island is connected by telegraph with the mainland. figurative.1537 Inst. Christen Man (new ed.) E [The Church] inwardly shall be connected..togither in one godly consent in charitie.1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 85 I would fasten [my affections] upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to.1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vii. 85 The pastoral tribes of Asia, by living in tents and moveable huts..are still less connected with their territory. 2. To join together in sequence, order, or coherence (ideas, words, the steps of an argument, the parts of a composition). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > in proper or logical sequence connect1678 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > specifically in thought, speech, or writing couplec1230 colligate1613 connect1678 tack1683 brace1826 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum i. 14 They [sc. the Hebrews] thought the Names of things sufficiently connected, when they are placed in their natural consequence. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xvii. 408 The connexion of each intermediate Idea with those that it connects. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Connect..3. To join in a just series of thought, or regular construction of language: as, the authour connects his reasons well. 1829 J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (1878) I. iv. §8. 212 The Conjunctions are distinguished from the Prepositions by connecting Predications; while the Prepositions connect Words. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 238 This hint is the thread by which Plato connects the two parts of the dialogue. 3. a. To associate in occurrence or action. Chiefly passive, To be in necessary or natural association; to have practical relations, have to do with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] belong1340 pertaina1382 pretend1481 appertaina1500 link?1544 touch?1611 relate1646 rapport1649 connect1709 to tie in1938 to tie up1959 the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > be or become concerned or involved to have to do with (also mid, of, on)a1225 interlacec1380 to do with ——a1400 bedrive1481 concern1614 bear1658 connect1709 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §58. 63 [To] judge a faint or confused Appearance to be..connected with great or little Distance. 1753 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lett. xii. xi. (R.) I call him ours; for..I cannot separate myself from any thing with which you are connected. 1788 J. Bentham Let. 2 May in Corr. (1971) III. 618 A very busy amateur in everything that is in any way connected with mechanics. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 62 On the Advantages and the Pleasures connected with the Study of Botany. b. To associate in idea; to view or think of as connected. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] haveeOE toucha1325 to have respect to (formerly also unto)a1398 connex?1541 report1548 bear1556 respect1614 to stand to ——1634 owe1644 connect1751 to tie in1958 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 168. ⁋6 Who does not..from the long habit of connecting a knife with sordid offices, feel aversion rather than terror? 1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. II in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 389/2 In the earliest states of society, all truth that has any interest or importance for man will connect itself with heaven. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1874) iv. ii. 497 The believer in Christ connects his very temporal mercies with the work and sufferings of his Saviour. 1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 33 To connect them [such irregularities] by way of effect with the new opinions in religion would be impertinent. 4. a. To unite (a person) with others (by ties of intimacy, common aims, or family relationship). Chiefly passive and reflexive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [verb (intransitive)] communique?1473 communicate1598 correspond1605 talk1705 connect1750 to get across1913 liaise1928 network1980 the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > bring a person into some relation with another fellowshipa1382 connect1750 to hook up1909 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1533 Connect yourself, while you are in France, entirely with the French. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. xi. 276 Bishop Williams..was long and secretly connected with the patriotic party. 1835 T. B. Macaulay Sir James Mackintosh in Ess. (1854) I. 335/1 They saw their sovereign..connecting himself by the strongest ties with the most faithless and merciless persecutor. 1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 159 People connected with the Court. b. To state or establish relationship with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > relate or connect one thing to another tiec1000 link?a1412 mate1594 tack1683 relate1697 bridge1834 connect1881 to tie up1888 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde i. 22 The pedigree which professes to connect the De Hagas of the twelfth century with the Pictish sovereigns of the ninth. 5. a. intransitive (for reflexive). To become joined or united; to join on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > be or become connected [verb (intransitive)] connex1579 connect1744 1744 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 24 Dec. [They] are all of the Granville and Bath squadron except Lord Cholmondeley (who too, had connected with the former). 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 125 One all-comprehensive plan; wherein nothing stands alone, but all the parts connect with one another. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 That part which passes through, and connects with the ball. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 47 Connecting with it, there is a very small room..which Burns used as a study. b. Of a railway train, steamer, etc.: to run in connection. Hence in slang use, of a person: to meet, find, get in touch with (another person). Also spec., to meet in order to obtain drugs (from); cf. connection n. 6c. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (intransitive)] > make connection with another form of transport connect1856 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] > obtain drugs > meet in order to connect1938 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 134 The train was advertised to connect here with a steamboat for Norfolk. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 177 Wait till I send you word. Don't try to connect with me. 1938 F. Chester Shot Full ii. 13 ‘Connecting’ was tough. Drugs were most difficult to obtain. 1938 F. Chester Shot Full ii. 15 One day when I went to a doctor to ‘connect’ for junk, I met another addict coming out. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed vii. 50 If you're connecting from Frankie, he should have told you. c. figurative. To fit together or cohere (in logical sequence or agreement); to be practically related or associated. Also in extended uses: to ‘get across’, to ‘click’, to be meaningful.E. M. Forster's phr. ‘only connect’ (see quot. 1910¹) is frequently used allusively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > be intelligible [verb (intransitive)] to make sense1554 connect1753 it (or that) figures1854 click1916 to add up1942 jive1943 the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > form relations ruba1586 connect1753 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > be consistent adhere1461 to hang together1553 cohere1598 refer1605 connect1753 society > communication > [verb (intransitive)] > successfully to get across1913 to get over1918 connect1942 to come over1946 communicate1959 1753 Trial J. Stewart 267 From the depositions of these two witnesses, which connect exactly together, it is distinctly proved, etc. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Connect, v.n. To cohere; to have just relation to things precedent and subsequent. Seldom used but in conversation. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 284 The produce of the dairy, of which the price naturally connects with that of butcher's-meat. View more context for this quotation a1792 Bp. G. Horne in Cent. Dict. (at cited word) This part will not connect with what goes before. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxii. 183 She would only point out the salvation that was latent..in the soul of every man. Only connect! 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxii. 184 Live in fragments no longer. Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life to either, will die. 1911 R. Brooke Let. 28 Apr. (1968) 302 We join up Puritan and Hedonist: we have (once more) only connected. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §591/4 Impress audience favorably; ‘get across’..connect. 1947 Picture Post 27 Sept. 5/2 Nothing ‘connects’ these days apparently beyond the eternal nylons, shop-windows and hotel-menus. 1958 Listener 30 Oct. 704/1 A magazine programme like ‘Science is News’ has probably done its job if one of its items connects. 1962 Listener 17 May 837/2 We are not entitled to demand faster growth and expect business, and indeed life, to continue as usual. As Mr Forster would say, let us ‘only connect’. 1962 Listener 2 Aug. 182/1 But he [sc. man] can connect; he can build bridges across the muddle of experience, of understanding, faithfulness, and love. 1962 Listener 4 Oct. 524/2 Papers on history and poetry which connect with politics but are not directly concerned with it. 1963 Listener 14 Mar. 458/1 It [sc. hot jazz] failed to become popular because it was unable to connect with popular needs. 1966 Guardian 21 Mar. 8/4 Whether the words ‘common good’ connect or not, hundreds of thousands of people in this country have a sense of the public interest. d. To succeed in obtaining something (e.g. in a burglary). U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1926 J. Black You can't Win xi. 144 ‘Did you connect, Kid?’ he asked when [i.e. after the burglary] we were on the street. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 203 To connect, to make a touch. The reward for good panhandling. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy 289 He will move himself in for a few dibs if the good thing connects. e. Of a punch, blow, etc.: to hit, to reach its target. Const. with and absol. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > succeed in striking hit?a1400 to strike home1590 connect1933 1933 John o' London's Weekly 4 Feb. 720/2 To land a punch on the chin is..to ‘connect’ with that organ. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §677/21 Hit the ball..connect. 1960 Observer 24 Jan. 5/4 There is a thump like a pile-driver connecting with the pavement. Draft additions 1993 2. The infinitive used attributively: connect time n. the length of time that a terminal is actively connected or logged on to a computer system. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > network > [noun] > connect > time connected connect time1978 1978 Online (U.S.) Apr. 57/2 We compared the advertised costs per hour of connect time..and the calculated discounts. 1985 Libr. Assoc. Rec. Apr. 152/2 (advt.) Connect time in excess of the 12 hours will be charged at the standard rate for the remainder of the year. 1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 2 July (CALM Suppl.) 4/1 Computer users pay connect time charges of $20 an hour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1987adj.1578v.1537
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Connectn.

† connectadj.

connectv.

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