to connect

Examples

• All

• Connecting Auburn to Southcenter means connecting Auburn to downtown Seattle, unless the 150 is radically restructured.

  Blog text (14)

• We'll go to Chicago and connect there to L.A.

  Wag the Dog (1997)

• Then we're going to go connect in Dallas to Boston.

• Once landed, ground staff will be happy to book you onto connecting flights in order to get you to your final destination.

  Leap Year (2010)

• Passengers making connecting flights from Mexico should proceed to gate 14.

  Goal! (2005)

• He's flying from Los Angeles to New York, connecting in Houston.

  Baggage Claim (2013)

• We have a flight to the Bahamas, -and we're gonna connect to Nassau.

  Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)

• So now I'm flying to Atlanta, connecting, and then driving for two hours to Chattanooga.

  GaryVee

• Other airlines at John Wayne that have connecting flights to the Northeast also curtailed their travel.

  Blog text (24)

• My flight from New York to London will connect in Chicago for an easy transfer.

Synonyms

L

to link up

vsto connect

• Informal

9 3.0

To join people, places, or things so they become connected

is specific to scheduled services allowing direct transfers for continuous journeys

Antonyms

I

to interrupt

909 2.5

To stop someone speaking or an activity

D

to disconnect

161 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

Phrasal Verbs

C

to connect with

236 3.2

To feel close to someone and understood by them

C

to connect with people

16 3.5

Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship

C

to connect to the internet

• Texting

2 2.0

To make a computer or phone use the internet so it can send and receive data

C

to connect up

1 3.3

To join machines so they can share power or information using wires

How Direct

nonstop

4 2.1

direct

1 1.6

to connect

14 2.2

indirect

6 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology