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Connected

//kəˈnɛktɪd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    joined or linked together wordnet
  2. 2
    stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer wordnet
  3. 3
    plugged in wordnet
  4. 4
    being joined in close association wordnet
  5. 5
    wired together to an alarm system wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of connect form-of, participle, past

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