noun
- A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it. )
- usage: "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
- synonyms: connexion, connectedness
- The state of being connected.
- usage: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
- synonyms: link, connectedness
- An instrumentality that connects.
- usage: "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
- synonyms: connexion, connector, connecter, connective
- Usually plural. ( a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship))
- usage: "he has powerful connections"
- The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
- usage: "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
- synonyms: association, connexion
- A connecting shape.
- A supplier (especially of narcotics. )
- Shifting from one form of transportation to another.
- usage: "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
- synonyms: connexion
- The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication. )
- usage: "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"