connect Význam & definícia

Význam connect v slovenčine

• 0 to join or be joined with something else:

  • Can I connect my printer to your computer?

  • Where does the stove connect (up) to the electricity?

  • Has the phone/electricity/gas/internet been connected (= switched on or joined to the main supply) in your new place yet?

• 1 to consider or show a person or thing to be related to someone or something else:

  • She's an actress I connect with the theatre rather than films.

  • Police are connecting the break-in with other recent thefts in the area.

• 2 to feel close to someone or have a good relationship with them:

  • She has a remarkable ability to connect with a wide variety of people.

  • We just didn't connect.

• 3 to make it possible for you to speak to someone else by phone:

  • Could you connect me with/to a number in Paris, please? I'm not getting through.

• 4 If two buses, trains, etc. connect, they arrive at times that allow passengers to get off one and onto another:

  • Your flight arrives at 12.30, when it connects with a bus service to your hotel.

  • There's a connecting train service between the airport and the city.

• 5 to join together two things, or to be joined together:

  • [ I ] The printer connects to the computer.

  • [ T ] A ferry connects the island to the mainland.

  • [ T ] Is your electricity connected yet (= has your home been joined to the supply)?

• 6 to consider a person or thing as related in some way to something else:

  • [ T ] I connect Roberta Peters with the theater rather than movies.

  • [ I ] He’s always found a way to connect with his audience.

• 7 to make it possible for someone to communicate by telephone:

  • Operator, please connect me with room 1125.

• 8 (of aircraft, trains, etc.) to arrive before a second vehicle leaves on which passengers can continue their trip:

  • The flight to Chicago connects with a flight to New York.

• 9 to join two or more pieces of equipment together, or to be joined in this way:

  • Wireless networks allow you to connect two or more PCs within your own home.

  • connect to sth The cable connects to a USB slot.

  • connect sth to/with sth Once the drives are installed, connect power and data cables to each one.

  • be connected (to sth) The red light shows that the electricity supply is connected.

• 10 to join two places:

  • a high-speed rail corridor connecting the major European cities

  • connect sth to/with sth The Midtown tunnel connects Long Island to Manhattan.

• 11 to create a relationship between two or more people, groups, or things:

  • Internet searches are an important tool for connecting buyers and sellers.

  • Successful marketing is all about connecting with your customers, and building good relationships.

  • connect sb/sth to sb/sth Our aim is to connect our members to a global network of business and industry peers.

• 12 to use a computer, phone, etc. in order to use the internet or other computer system:

  • Anti-virus software is a must if your computer is connected to the internet.

  • connect sth to sth More and more employees are connecting smartphones to their employers' network.

  • connect sb/sth with sb/sth an intranet system connecting dealers worldwide with a central database

  • get/stay connected Many executives feel a pressure to stay connected outside normal working hours.

• 13 to consider or see a relationship between one person or thing and another:

  • He had a problem connecting what he had learned on the course with the day-to-day running of the department.

• 14 to allow someone who has made a phone call to speak to another person or to use a telephone service:

  • One moment please, I'll try to connect you.

  • connect sb to sb/sth BT has raised the price of connecting callers to its directory enquiry service.

• 15 if two public transport vehicles connect, they arrive at suitable times to allow passengers to get off one and onto another in order to continue their journey:

  • connect with sth Your flight arrives at ten o'clock and will connect with a bus service to the conference centre.

• 16 a flight, train, etc. that leaves at a suitable time for you to take it to continue your journey after you have travelled on a previous flight, train, etc.:

  • There are connecting services to Schiphol airport in Amsterdam from more than 10 UK regional airports.

• 17 to bring together information from different places in order to understand something as a whole or how different things affect each other:

  • We fail to connect the dots between the way we live today and the needs of tomorrow.

  • No one knew all the information and no one connected all the dots.