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

My goal was to make everyone feel connected to her legacy and vitality. —Matt Abrahams, Time, 12 July 2025

This meant transitioning to more nimble, connected teams, leading to faster innovation and drawing insights and talent not just from executives or the corporate office, but from frontline employees closest to customers and their challenges. —Damien Howard, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

What Belkin is doing has become a way of life for connected device makers, suggesting that these companies are getting too comfortable with selling people products and then reducing those products' functionality later. —ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025

The connected app logs and monitors usage, including the number of times used and the average duration. —Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 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