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Connection
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- 1 The act of connecting. uncountable
- 2 the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) wordnet
- 3 The point at which two or more things are connected. countable, uncountable
"the connection between overeating and obesity"
- 4 shifting from one form of transportation to another wordnet
- 5 A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people. countable, uncountable
"As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us."
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- 6 an instrumentality that connects wordnet
- 7 An established communications or transportation link. countable, uncountable
"computers linked by a network connection"
- 8 the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination wordnet
- 9 A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service. countable, uncountable
"The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train."
- 10 a supplier (especially of narcotics) wordnet
- 11 A kinship relationship between people. countable, uncountable
- 12 (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) wordnet
- 13 A person related to oneself, through either family or business. countable, uncountable
"I have some connections in Lancashire."
- 14 a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) wordnet
- 15 A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty. countable, uncountable
- 16 a connecting shape wordnet
- 17 Coherence; lack of disjointedness. countable, uncountable
- 18 the state of being connected wordnet
- 19 A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences. countable, uncountable
- 20 Sexual intercourse. countable, uncountable
"The exact nature of the relations between the boy-wife and his protector are doubtful; they certainly have connection, but the natives repudiate with horror and disgust the idea of sodomy."
- 21 A drug dealer. countable, slang, uncountable
"Now the final study was the drug habit. He was now in New Orleans, slipping along the streets with shady characters and haunting connection bars."
Etymology
From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“I bind”). In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.
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