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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When a town loses power for several days, our connected world falls apart.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
It is connected to the other Faroe Islands only by helicopters and small boats—which means, in the mists and high waves of the north Atlantic, that it is rarely connected to anything at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The extraordinary preservation appears to be connected to a mineral called hausmannite.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thousands of homes across Sussex are not connected to the gas mains and rely on oil.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
As she yanked on it, Jack realized what she was trying to do: If the fireplaces were connected to a common chimney, they might be able to get to the throne room through the grate.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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