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# connected

«connected» in Mova's school dictionary: **joined or linked to something else (connected rooms…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (connected, more connected); verb, past of connect (connect, connects, connected, connecting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Connected means joined or linked to something else (connected rooms, connected wires). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#m1)

2) Connected means related, so that one thing has something to do with another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#m2)

3) Connected means linked to the internet, a network or a phone line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#m3)

4) Connected is the past form of «connect». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a circuit works only when all the parts are connected. In maths, the dots of a shape are connected by lines. In everyday life you get connected to wi-fi; people feel connected to friends and family. In stories, clues are connected to a crime. Phrases: connected to, connected with, well connected, stay connected.

### examples

- The bulb lights up when the wires are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x1)
- Join the dots so all the points are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x2)
- Is the tablet connected to the wi-fi? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x3)
- These two rooms are connected by a door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x4)
- The flood was connected with the heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x5)
- We stay connected with Grandma by video calls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x6)
- The police think the two robberies are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x7)
- He connected the hose to the tap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x8)
- With the birds many graceful legends are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/#x9)

### note

Verb: connect, connected, connecting. Noun: connection. «Connected to» for physical links (connected to the battery), «connected with» for being related (connected with the weather). Opposite: disconnected, unconnected.

### In the corpora

- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)
- [The adult brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms and has about 86 billion nerve cells, each connected to thousands of others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/6/)
- [Second: everything is connected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food/3/)
- [Small brains can do surprising things when their cells are well connected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/1/)
- [Many Indus houses had bathrooms and toilets connected to covered drains along the streets, which carried dirty water away from people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «connected» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connected/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.