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connected
CIDE DICTIONARY
connected, adj.
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p. p. of connect. [WordNet 1.5] - being joined in close association. [WordNet 1.5]
- connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [WordNet 1.5]
- legato. [WordNet 1.5]
- associated with or accompanying. [WordNet 1.5]
- stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [WordNet 1.5]
- switched on. [WordNet 1.5]
- having some relation. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
connected, adj.
1 joined in sequence.
2 (of ideas etc.) coherent.
3 related or associated.
1 joined in sequence.
2 (of ideas etc.) coherent.
3 related or associated.
Idiom
well-connected associated, esp. by birth, with persons of good social position.
Derivative
connectedly adv. connectedness n.
THESAURUS
connected
affiliate, affiliated, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied, articulated, assembled, associate, associated, banded together, bound, bracketed, catenated, ceaseless, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cognate, coherent, collateral, collected, concatenated, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, conjoined, conjugate, connate, connatural, consecutive, consistent, conspecific, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, copulate, correlated, correlative, coupled, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, cyclical, defined, definite, direct, distinct, enate, endless, explicit, express, featureless, gapless, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, immediate, implicated, incessant, incorporated, integrated, interlinked, interlocked, interminable, interrelated, intimate, involved, joined, jointless, knotted, leagued, limpid, linked, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, matched, mated, merged, monotonous, never-ending, nonstop, of that ilk, of that kind, orderly, paired, parallel, pellucid, perennial, periodic, perspicuous, plain, recurrent, related, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, sequent, sequential, serial, serried, simple, smooth, spliced, stable, steady, straight, straightforward, tied, tight, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, twenty-four-hour, twinned, unambiguous, unbroken, unceasing, unconfused, undifferentiated, undivided, unending, unequivocal, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, united, univocal, unmistakable, unrelieved, unremitting, unseparated, unstopped, wed, wedded, well-defined, yokedROGET THESAURUS
connected
Relation
N relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.For further exploring for "connected" in Webster Dictionary Online