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

Around 31,000 public-safety agencies subscribe to FirstNet, and it has successfully kept first responders connected through several major emergencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He added that "this is what the new world is going to be" referencing a much more connected financial system, with both opportunities and vulnerabilities.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

A couple of other alternatives, including reviving a decommissioned pipeline that connected Saudi fields with the Mediterranean Sea, could emerge in relatively short time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Entities connected with the Saudi Public Investment Fund are purchasing $550 million in Lucid preferred stock.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

It might not carry me bodily to him, but it connected us with each other, and with Great-Great-Grandpa Nutifafa and all those gone before who had lived on, and loved, the water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Related Words

• akin
• associated
• linked
• united