Definition, synonyms and related words
present participle of connect
"The connecting wires between the old and new computers were causing a slow internet speed for everyone in the office."
In plain English: Connecting means joining two things together so they can work as one.
"The new road connects the two towns more quickly."
Usage: Use "connecting" to describe the ongoing action of joining two things together or establishing a link between them. It functions grammatically as a verb form indicating that the process of making a connection is currently happening.
Derived from the Latin connectere, meaning to join together, this present participle comes via Old French conectier. It originally described the act of linking or uniting separate things into a continuous whole.