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Synonyms for connecting

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh-nekt
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnɛkt

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Définition of connecting

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin conectere "join together" (see connection). Displaced 16c. by connex (1540s), from Middle French connexer, from Latin *connexare, a supposed frequentative of conectere (past participle stem connex-). Connect was re-established 1670s.
  • A similar change took place in French, where connexer was superseded by connecter. Meaning "to establish a relationship" (with) is from 1881. Slang meaning "get in touch with" is attested by 1926, from telephone connections. Meaning "awaken meaningful emotions, establish rapport" is from 1942. Of a hit or blow, "to reach the target," from c.1920. Related: Connected; connecting; connectedness.
  • adj joining
Example sentences :
  • Panting for breath I blundered at the task of connecting the light.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • They rise above sense, and become a connecting link with the world of ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Connecting links, or the preparation for the entire expulsion of the poets in Book X.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The starting switch is then closed, connecting the starting motor to the battery.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The principal line is that connecting Launceston with Hobart.
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton
  • They still insist on connecting you in some way with the shooting.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • I went through the connecting corridor to the adjacent building.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Potan was there now, superintending the men who were connecting it.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Paul opens the connecting door, and I explain how the mistake occurred.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • No doubt all Shorne Mills was connecting his name with hers.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
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