wired
adjective
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Definition of wired
1
: reinforced by wire (as for strength)
2a
: furnished with wires (as for electric connections)
b
: connected to a telecommunications network and especially to the Internet
c
: characterized by a connection to the Internet
the wired world
3
: bound with wire
a wired container
4
: having a wirework netting or fence
5
: feverishly excited
Examples of wired in a Sentence
No more caffeine for me, I'm pretty wired.
a group of wired teenagers
Recent Examples on the Web
The report founds that traditional wired lines declined in the state from about 2.5 million in December 2017 to 1.9 million in December 2018. — Jim Saunders, orlandosentinel.com, "More Floridians cut their landlines and go wireless only," 7 Aug. 2019 Humans are hard-wired to seek beauty in others of our species. — New York Times, "Next Stop, Fashion Disney," 25 June 2019 The former Soviet republic is one of the most wired nations in the world. — NBC News, "Data security meets diplomacy: Why Estonia is storing its data in Luxembourg," 25 June 2019 In terms of space requirements, these systems range in size from a narrow bookcase-size space for a modular system up to a laundry closet or small attic space for a bank of wired cells. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "How To Live Off the Grid," 10 June 2019 Tom Ford, on the other hand, is hard-wired to seek out a certain polished swagger. — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, "The Tom Ford Beauty Code—Glamorous and Sexy—Is Here to Stay," 7 Feb. 2019 Fix the Wireless If your wireless speeds are much, much slower than the wired speed, there are a couple of possible culprits. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "How to Test Your Wi-Fi Speed," 15 Oct. 2018 Sure, there remained some of that hard-wired English pessimism: This is infamously a national team with heartbreak baked into the recipe, and Croatia was not going to be an easy out. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "A Night on the Verge in London," 11 July 2018 The proposed tariffs target switches and routers, finished products that are used to set up wired and wireless networks. — WSJ, "From Seafood to Mattresses: How the Latest Tariffs Would Affect U.S. Businesses," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wired.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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wired
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of wired
chiefly US, informal
: very excited or full of nervous energy
: connected to the Internet
See the full definition for wired in the English Language Learners Dictionary