[kəˈnɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established
(e.g: the electrodes were connected to a recording device)

- associate or relate (something) in some respect
(e.g: employees are rewarded with bonuses connected to their firm's performance)

- (of a blow) hit the intended target
(e.g: the blow connected and he felt a burst of pain)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘be united physically’; rare before the 18th century): from Latin connectere, from con- ‘together’ + nectere ‘bind’