Connect

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛkt/

Definitions

1. To unite or link multiple entities or concepts in a meaningful way
2. To establish a relational bond or interaction across various components, ideas, or individuals
3. To join two or more things so that there is a relationship or communication between them

Etymology: The verb "connect" is a plain Latin compound: "con-" meaning "together" joined to "nectere," "to bind." Its root is shared with "knot" and "knit," so the word is essentially a Latin way of saying "tie together," and the English sense of joining or linking follows directly from that act of binding. The surprising part is how close "connect" sits to words that look nothing like it. The Germanic "knot" and "knit" come from the same ancient root as Latin "nectere," which means the Latin and English vocabularies share a common ancestor for the idea of tying things up. English got the classical form and the native form side by side, so "connect" and "knit" are distant cousins that never met in the same language until they both arrived in English.

Synonyms: link, join, attach, couple, fasten

Antonyms: disconnect, separate, detach, isolate, split