connected
adjective
uk
/kəˈnek.tɪd/ us
/kəˈnek.tɪd/connected adjective (JOINED TO STH)
able to communicate or share information because of being joined to a communications system such as the internet:
- Some users report that the device produces static when connected to headphones.
- The app can only be used on a computer connected to the network.
- The software automatically scans newly connected machines on the network for viruses.
- This plugged-in generation is very connected to their parents.
- Some parents are actually fighting to keep mobile phones in schools because they want to stay connected.
connected adjective (RELATED)
related to someone or something:
- Who are they, and how are they connected to this story?
- It's almost impossible to find anyone connected with the company who doesn't believe he did a great job as chairman.
- They are not willing to listen to theories only remotely connected to their work.
- Since smoking is so connected to lung cancer, everyone assumes he smoked, but he didn't.
connected adjective (FEELING)
- We hope that involving the students in decision-making will make them feel more connected.
- I feel very connected to my faith.
- I find walking is a way to relieve daily stress and feel more connected to the natural world.
- By the end of the film, we are so connected to the character that we feel devastated.
- appreciation for something
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- bear
- dot
- handle
- keep someone up
- know a hawk from a handsaw idiom
- know the score idiom
- know/see where someone is coming from idiom
- latch
- speak
- to get a handle on something idiom
- to have a handle on something idiom
- tumble to something
- tune in
- uncomprehending
- understanding