Connection - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈnekʃn|  American pronunciation of the word connection
Brit.  |kəˈnekʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word connection

noun

- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) (syn: connectedness, connexion)
there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
- the state of being connected (syn: connectedness, link)
the connection between church and state is inescapable
- an instrumentality that connects (syn: connective, connector, connexion)
he soldered the connection
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
he has powerful connections
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination (syn: association, connexion)
- a connecting shape (syn: connexion, link)
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another (syn: connexion)
the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) (syn: connexion, joining)
there was a connection via the internet

Extra examples

The state plans to improve roads that serve as connections between major highways.

There is a fee for connection to the town's water supply.

All classrooms will be wired for connection to the Internet.

Investigators found no connection between the two fires.

The school has no connection with the museum.

Evidence suggests there's a connection between the languages.

I'm not sure I see the connection.

Our family feels a deep connection to the land.

There is no connection between the two phenomena.

The baron is my intimate connection.

There is a connection between pollution and the death of trees.

Mr O'Hara had no known connection with terrorist activity.

Williams apparently has no connection to the case.

Police have so far failed to establish a connection between the two murders.

The evidence was there in the file but no one made the connection.

Word forms

noun
singular: connection
plural: connections
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