connect

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  2. verb make a logical or causal connection
  3. verb be or become joined or united or linked

Etymology

From Latin connectere (“fasten together”), from con- (“together”) + nectere (“bind”), which is cognate with English knot and English knit.

In classic literature

Synonyms

link, tie, link up

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