Connected
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of connect form-of, participle, past
- 1 Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity. usually
"Of course, he has very little money, and is rather shy in manner, but he is very 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."
- 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. Canada, US
"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."
- 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."
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- 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."
- 1 joined or linked together wordnet
- 2 stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer wordnet
- 3 plugged in wordnet
- 4 being joined in close association wordnet
- 5 wired together to an alarm system wordnet
Example
More examples"All of us are connected with the past and the future as well as the present."
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