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

Mortimer: His mental health struggles are so connected with his need to do these incredible, beautiful things.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

For investors, the framing that applies here is the one used for cybersecurity a decade ago, when the proliferation of connected devices made security spending nondiscretionary.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The play is about a gig driver’s adventures transporting people across Los Angeles during the first years of ride-hailing and how it connected people from disparate corners of the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Students living in university halls in Kent, and those who attended a nightclub connected to the outbreak, were among those being offered the jabs.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Frivolous Edda, and I’d connected my first call overseas.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

• akin
• associated
• linked
• united