wired

[wahy^uhrd]

adjective

1. equipped with wires, as for electricity or telephone service.

2. made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.

   a wired barrier.

3. tied or secured with wires.

   wired bales of wastepaper.

4. strengthened or supported with wires.

   a sculpture of wired papier-mâché.

5. Slang.,  tense with excitement or anticipation; edgy.

6. equipped so as to receive cable television.

7. connected electronically to one or more computer networks.

wired

/ waɪəd /

adjective

1. edgy from stimulant intake

2. excited, nervous, or tense

3. using computers to send and receive information, esp via the internet

Other Word Forms

• well-wired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wired¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; wire, -ed ³

Example Sentences

He said that coaches carried out personality profiles on the players to understand the "way they were wired".

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The human brain is wired to reward short-term pleasure over longer-term goals, Preston said.

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Maybe it was Queens, maybe it was what had happened to his father, or maybe it was just the way Vincent Daniel was wired, but he viewed his fellow man with the most intense suspicion.

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Wireless communication had been cut, but wired communication was still working fine.

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By combining NeuroQuery's data with their connectivity models, the researchers created computational frameworks that link how the brain is wired to how it functions.

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Related Words

• connected 
• equipped