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connected

adjective

  1. attach, making connected, include in some group
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛktɪd/

adj

  1. Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

    Of course, he has very little money, and is rather shy in manner, but he is very well-connected.

    In human society, there is an irreconcilable conflict between the concept of financial wellbeing of the individual and the pernicious desire for increased wealth of the politically well connected.

  2. Having relationships; involved with others.

    By his father's side Mr Trumbull was connected with one of the most honorable and conspicuous families of his native state.

    She is descended, on the father's side, from an ancient family in Northumberland, not remotely connected with nobility ; and there is a quaint rhyme current in the north country, which promises the name a long duration.

  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.

    It wasn't as though there were groups of kids from mob-connected families who socialized exclusively; in fact, a consequence of growing up in a huge city like New York was that you had several groups of friends, simply due to the number and density of people.

  4. Intimate; having bonds of affection.

    We were sitting on his bed and I was doing a lot of mirroring and chatting and just having a very connected conversation.

    Once again they became best friends and were very connected to each other emotionally.

  5. That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.

    As a combinatorial subject, the connected dominating set has been studied in as early as 1970s.

  6. Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

    In a connected graph, there is no section (proper subset that includes all edges from each vertex in said subset) of the graph that is isolated from the rest.

  7. Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.

    Connected viewing activities such as streaming movies on Facebook, virtually attending BDLive screening events, or chatting via social media apps about a favorite television show require a significant amount of telecommunications and information infrastructure.

    The objective is to understand and use the effectiveness of such technologies and best practices that proide succssful strategies towards developing a connected government that is more responsive to the needs of the general public and is engaged in full e-participation of the citizens.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of connect