" connect-the-dots "

1: to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole;

  * e.g., " ... connect all the sets of lights and attach them to the branches of the Christmas tree "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catenate,

•  chain,

•  compound,

•  concatenate,

•  conjugate,

•  couple,

•  hitch,

•  hook,

•  interconnect,

•  interlink,

•  join,

•  link,

•  yoke

•  Antonyms : 

•  disconnect,

•  disjoin,

•  disjoint,

•  dissever,

•  disunite,

•  separate,

•  unchain,

•  uncouple,

•  unhitch,

•  unlink,

•  unyoke

2: to come together to form a single unit;

  * e.g., " ... the two interstate highways connect, so a driver can go from one corner of the state to the other without much trouble "

•  Synonyms : 

•  associate,

•  coalesce,

•  combine,

•  conjoin,

•  conjugate,

•  couple,

•  fuse,

•  interfuse,

•  join,

•  link (up),

•  marry,

•  unify,

•  unite

•  Antonyms : 

•  break up,

•  dissever,

•  part,

•  section,

•  separate,

•  sever,

•  split,

•  sunder,

•  unlink

3: to think of (something) in combination;

  * e.g., " ... opera is popularly connected with high society "

•  Synonyms : 

•  associate,

•  correlate,

•  identify,

•  link,

•  relate

•  Antonyms : 

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