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connected

/kəˈnɛktɪd/

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What does connected mean?

adjective

  1. Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  2. Having relationships; involved with others.
  3. 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.
More meanings (5)

adjective

  1. Intimate; having bonds of affection.
  2. That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  3. Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.
  4. Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of connect

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IPA pronunciation

/kəˈnɛktɪd/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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As for the big black woman, she was evidently connected in some way to the girl, and so he liked her, also.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
Excuse me for sending my daughter and not presenting myself, but sad motives connected with the toilet do not permit me, alas!
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
More book examples (3)
Of course Mrs. Casaubon had the facts in her mind, but she was not going to speak of anything connected with them.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
Mr. Pontellier had selected the bridal gift, as every one immediately connected with him always deferred to his taste in such matters.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
He had a special passion, also, for ecclesiastical vestments, as indeed he had for everything connected with the service of the Church.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174