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connected

The correct spelling is connected.

How to pronounce connected

/kəˈnɛktɪd/
verb

IPA: /kəˈnɛktɪd/

Say it like: Con-nec-ted

The correct spelling is connected. (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. For example: "I think this piece connects to that piece over there."

Usage Examples

I think this piece connects to that piece over there.

Both roads have the same name, but they don't connect: they're on opposite sides of the river, and there's no bridge there.

The new railroad will connect the northern part of the state to the southern part.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.(of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
  2. 2.(of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
  3. 3.(of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
  4. 4.(of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
  5. 5.To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

adjective

  1. 1.(usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  2. 2.Having relationships; involved with others.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.Intimate; Having bonds of affection.
  5. 5.(of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.

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