connected
/kəˈnɛktɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.68 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having relationships; involved with others.
adj
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.
Canadian usage; American usage
adj
That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
adj
Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.
adj
Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.
verb
simple past and past participle of connect
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "If the relation, however, differs, that is, the claimants be connected respectively through mother and father (notwithstanding equality in degree) the property is divided in the principle of double shares to the claimants connected through the father and one share to those related by the mother: that is , two-thirds would be given to those connected by the father's side as a group and one-third to those connected by the mother's side as a group."
- "Connected leaders use their influence differently. They create stories that make people want to belong, not just images that might help them obey."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin nectō Latin cōnectō Latin connectō English connect Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English connected From connect + -ed.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more connected (comparative)
most connected (superlative)