connected

American  

[kuh-nek-tid] / kəˈnɛk tɪd /

adjective

1. united, joined, or linked.

2. having a connection.

3. joined together in sequence; linked coherently.

   connected ideas.

4. related by family ties.

5. having social or professional relationships, especially with influential or powerful persons.

6. 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.

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connected British  

/ kəˈnɛktɪd /

adjective

1. joined or linked together

2. (of speech) coherent and intelligible

3. logic maths (of a relation) such that either it or its converse holds between any two members of its domain

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Other Word Forms

• connectedly adverb
• connectedness noun
• subconnectedly adverb
• well-connected adjective

Etymology

Origin of connected

First recorded in 1705–15; connect + -ed ²

Example Sentences

They worked out the woman's address, and then used that to find out every other address connected with that person, and all the people they had ever lived with.

From BBC

The spokesperson also clarified the timeline surrounding the company’s former parent‑company executive, who was featured in publicly released documents connected to Epstein:

From Salon

She said that caused more collective trauma in the city, because the web of people personally connected to it was larger.

From The Wall Street Journal

The firm said rumours suggesting her death was the result of a criminal act or connected to her nationality were "incorrect and unfounded".

From Barron's

Some drones are now connected to their operators with an extremely thin fibre-optic cable, ensuring the connection to the pilot remains stable and immune to electronic jamming.

From Barron's

Related Words

• akin
• associated
• linked
• united