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

So everybody’s connected, and that’s what’s exploited in these conspiracy stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The incident followed two others connected to Sir Keir.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The teleportation experiments themselves took place at Sapienza University of Rome, where scientists connected two buildings using a 270m free-space optical link.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

In subsequent months, Yoon was impeached, removed from power and put on trial over a litany of allegations connected to his proclamation.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Is it possible that he was never asking to be connected to the Forty-Eighth regiment?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

• akin
• associated
• linked
• united