connected
Americanadjective
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united, joined, or linked.
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having a connection.
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joined together in sequence; linked coherently.
connected ideas.
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related by family ties.
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having social or professional relationships, especially with influential or powerful persons.
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Mathematics. pertaining to a set for which no cover exists, consisting of two open sets whose intersections with the given set are disjoint and nonempty.
adjective
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joined or linked together
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(of speech) coherent and intelligible
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logic maths (of a relation) such that either it or its converse holds between any two members of its domain
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The court heard about tattoos prosecutors say connected Burke and Celeste.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before the war, the global oil market was connected by a giant web of tankers that matched each kind of crude to the refinery best suited to handle it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
“A sense of belonging where students feel valued, connected and supported.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
When qubits become entangled, their properties remain connected, even when the qubits are separated by large distances.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Through this force, every part of the brain is connected to every other part.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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