connected with sb/sth
phr. v..phr. v.. To have a relationship with someone, or to be related to or involved with something.
phr. v.. To be associated with or have a relationship to a person, group, or subject; can also describe forming an empathetic bond with someone.
The crime is connected with a local gang.
Police believe the recent robbery is connected with a series of similar crimes in the area.
The philosophical concept of existential dread is deeply connected with the societal alienation experienced during rapid industrialization.
- Particles
- with
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- connect + with + object
Often used in passive constructions to show a link between two things, people, or events.
Contrast with 'related to' (very similar, slightly more formal) and 'linked to' (often implies a stronger, more direct causal or physical connection).
He is connected the project.He is connected with the project.The preposition 'with' (or 'to') is necessary to link the subject to the object.