connected

(of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.

“I think this piece connects to that piece over there.”

(of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

“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.”

(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.

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

(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.

“I connected the printer to the computer, but I couldn't get it work.”

To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.

“When the technician connects my house, I'll be able to access the internet.”

To associate; to establish a relation between.

“I didn't connect my lost jewelry with the news of an area cat burglar until the police contacted me.”

To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.

“I'm flying to London where I connect with a flight heading to Hungary.”

(usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

Having relationships; involved with others.

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.

Intimate; Having bonds of affection.

(of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.

(of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.

“In a connected graph, there is no section (proper subset that includes all edges from each vertex in said subset) of the graph that is isolated from the rest.”

Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.