connected

adjective

con·​nect·​ed kə-ˈnek-təd 

1

: joined or linked together

2

: having the parts or elements logically linked together

presented a thoroughly connected view of the problem

3

: related by blood or marriage

4

: having social, professional, or commercial relationships

a well-connected lawyer

5

of a set : having the property that any two of its points can be joined by a line completely contained in the set

also : incapable of being separated into two or more closed disjoint subsets

connectedly adverb

connectedness noun

Examples of connected in a Sentence

a series of connected rooms

Recent Examples on the Web

Look for unusual activity such as unrecognized logins, changes to passwords or new connected devices. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025

First, deeper integration with vehicle ecosystems using connected cloud services to offer real-time alerts and fleet-wide monitoring. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025

Lanterns is very connected to all that. —Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025

Timed to the album’s multi-layered kick-off, physical orange doors began appearing in cities around the world — Nashville, London, Las Vegas, among them — each sporting QR codes that connected fans to brief travelogue-style videos evoking those locales. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1712, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing connected

• simply connected
• well-connected

Rhymes for connected

• affected
• bisected
• collected
• corrected
• defected
• deflected
• dejected
• detected
• directed
• dissected
• effected
• ejected