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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Police have appealed to residents to report suspicious activity and security concerns as efforts continue to identify the victims and determine whether the remains are connected to unresolved kidnapping cases in the region.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A Klein bottle can be thought of as another unusual connected surface.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The brothers were connected with Badu through L.A. artist Lauren Halsey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Uber officials had to figure out how to keep drivers connected in parts of the park with no cell signal and to distribute smartphones to operators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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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