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wired

wired

87 3.7
Having electric or phone connections already installed
  • adjective
  • /waɪrd/
: cableado
  • So how are we wired for service as human beings?

Even though the house is wired, Jamie, they still got to come and cut.

Examples

  • Our minds must be hard wired to experience the world in that way.

  • But actually anything which is learned is wired into your brain.

  • Not every man is naturally wired to want to do more.

  • Not every man is naturally wired to want to do more.

  • So we are biologically wired not to want to change.

  • When really that's just, we're just not wired in the same way, are we?

  • You have a group that's wired like they're wired to do tasks, right.

  • We are tribal primates and we are wired to seek the silverback amongst us.

  • The house was wired for the internet, making it easy to connect all devices.

  • The new office was wired for telephones, allowing every workstation to have a phone line.

Synonyms

connected
vswired
  • Specialized
88 2.7

Joined to a power outlet or network so it works

is specific about being fitted with physical cables rather than any link
corded
vswired
2 3.6

An object that has a cord attached to connect to power or another device

is broader and covers installations for electricity or telephone service
hardwired
vswired
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Connected by physical cables instead of using wireless signals

is a general fitted state rather than a permanently installed cable connection

Antonyms

wireless
160 3.9

Using radio signals instead of wires

unwired
1 6.8

Without power wires inside a building or room

How Wired

hardwired
  • Specialized
3 7.3
wired
87 3.7
unwired
1 6.8

Surface Forms

wired positive

Morphology

wired = wire (transparent) = wire + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'wire' meaning 'equipped with wire', which a B1 learner can derive from 'wire' + '-ed'.

Etymology

Wired comes from the word wire, a thin metal 'thread' that carries electricity or phone signals, so a house or building that is wired has those metal connections for power or telephone service.