to connect
34
2.5
- verb
- /kəˈnɛkt/
:
conectar
- When she shoots, she usually connects.
Examples
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Did you see that guy's jaw connect with the concrete?
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Did you see that head butt connect?
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How many times did JJ connect punches with Logan in the sixth round?
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Too Sweet connected with a vicious right hook and sent Jesse "The Bull" Amos to the canvas.
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He throws the club head at the ball, and when he connects, he drives it, it pops off the bat.
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His fist lashed out to connect very solidly with the first guard's face.
Fiction book (1992) -
A fist flies into the frame and connects with Keaton's jaw.
Fiction book (1996) -
Max Nora swings at the first pitch, [CRACK] and connects for a single.
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The goblin swung first, its club smashing apart when it connected with Bruenor's fine shield.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the boxing match, he expertly connected with a powerful jab that stunned his opponent.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To strike someone or something with force
553
2.4
To hit someone or something with force
50
3.3
To hit something with great force, often in sport
34
1.0
To strike a ball with a bat or racket in a sport
10
4.7
Hit the ball or shuttlecock hard to try to win a point
9
3.5
To hit a ball with a smooth, controlled movement in sports
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Texting
2
2.0
To make a computer or phone use the internet so it can send and receive data
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
connect = con + nect
The verb is historically con- + nect, but 'nect' is not a standalone English word and the Latin combining forms are not recognizable to typical learners, so the components do not help infer meaning.
Etymology
Connect comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and nectere 'to bind'. In sports, to connect with the ball means you hit it cleanly — you make the parts 'come together' so the strike succeeds.