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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Multiple media outlets are reporting that the move is connected to a complaint filed to UNC’s human resources department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“And over time encourage them to create more content, and lean even more heavily into the brand and feel even more connected to us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Semantic structure refers to how ideas, words, and concepts are connected within a piece of language.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It was the main station playing the music I grew up listening to. I connected to it, the songs, the language, the artists."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Through this force, every part of the brain is connected to every other part.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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