to connect with
- phrasal verb
- /kəˈnɛkt wɪð/
- - Well, I kept hearing about it, and it seemed like a good way to connect with people.
- connect with people
- connect with others
- help someone connect with
I'm able to connect with young people quite well.
- I'm able to connect with young people quite well.
- And then how do you actually connect with these people, right?
- I think that can help us connect with the journey that others are on.
- Whether it's to stay connected with your past clients and sphere or?
- It made me more connected with, with other people.
- Who better to connect with young black men than Tim Walz?
- They tend to connect with empathetic people.
- And I just really happy I connected with her as well.
- First we have to just connect with them emotionally.
- There's nothing like when you connect with somebody else.
- It, it really kind of connected with his point of view and his audience.
- But when I get back, I connect with the with the past.
- So what first of all, why did you connect with that idea and what have you?
Examples
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There's nothing like when you connect with somebody else.
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Social media present amazing opportunities to connect with clients and influencers who can help you build your business.
Academic text (2011) -
And I connected with you and yeah.
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We want you to connect with our young people.
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And then how do you actually connect with these people, right?
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I think that can help us connect with the journey that others are on.
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It's when you connect with someone in a really strong way.
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Do you have a hard time making friends or connecting with people?
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First we have to just connect with them emotionally.
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The goal of the workshop is to help participants connect with each other on a deeper level.
Synonyms
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
To understand and share the feelings of someone
To form a close connection with other people
To feel a strong connection to a person or thing
To form a close relationship with someone
Begin to be friendly with someone
To make people feel close to each other
To form a close, trusting relationship with someone, like a friend or pet
Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship
Feel a natural connection with someone or something
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to establish a relationship or emotional bond' is directly derivable from 'connect' (to establish contact or rapport) combined with 'with' (indicating togetherness/association). This is a regular compositional pattern in English and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrasal verb connect with comes from the simple image of connect meaning 'to join' and with meaning 'together', like a bridge or a cable that lets ideas and feelings travel between people. So, when you connect with someone you understand or feel close to them, which is why it means 'to feel close to someone'.