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connected

/kəˈnɛktɪd/ · verb

Meaning

  1. (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  2. (of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
  3. (of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
  4. (of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
  5. To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
  6. To associate; to establish a relation between.
  7. (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  8. Having relationships; involved with others.
  9. Involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
  10. Intimate; Having bonds of affection.
  11. (of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  12. (of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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