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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British actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson and James Norton were previously connected to the role, while Irish actor Paul Mescal's name had also been thrown into the mix.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“They’re not hardwired into some system that’s connected to the internet to an algorithmic computer center somewhere in the back of the house.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The city’s side said it connected the dots on the Moreno Valley case only after the lawsuit was filed against Inglewood and WOW Media last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
According to the Census Bureau, nearly 12% of the U.S. population is in some way connected to the nation of Joyce, Yeats and the 400-acre, 27-hole Enniscrone Golf Club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
With All Hallows’ Eve only two days away, the omen and the arrival of the badger could certainly be connected.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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