Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
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Connection
//kəˈnɛkʃn̩//
Synonyms for "connection" (471 found)
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Closest matches (95)
associationjoiningabutmentabuttalaccessaccordaccounting foracquaintanceact of loveadditionadjacencyadjoiningnessadjunctadulteryaffairsaffiliationaffinityagentagglomerationagglutination
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aggregationagnationaislealleyallianceallyambulatoryancestryankleansweranswerabilityapertureaphrodisiaapplicabilityapplicationappointmentappositenessappositionappropriatenessapproximationappulsearbitratorarcadearrayarrogationarteryarticulationascriptionassassemblageassemblyassignationassignmentassociateattachmentattributionavenueballingbankbearingberthbilletblamebloodblood relationshipbondboundarybracketingbridgebrokerbrotherhoodbrothershipbuttbuzzcarnal knowledgecatenacatenationcertaintycervixchainchain reactionchainingchannelchargechurchclimaxclinchcloistercloseness
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (141)
closureclusteringcogencycognationcohabitationcoherencecoitioncoituscoitus interruptuscolonnadecombinationcommercecommon ancestrycommon descentcommunicationcommunionconcatenationconcernconcernmentconcourse
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concurrenceconduitconfluencecongeriesconglomerationcongressconjugationconjunctionconnectednessconnectingconnecting linkconnecting rodconnection withconnectionsconsanguinityconsecutionconsecutivenessconsistencycontactconterminousnesscontiguitycontinuitycontinuumcontrarietyconvergenceconversationconversecopulacopulationcorrelationcorrespondencecorridorcoterminousnesscouplingcoursecousinhoodcousinshipcovered waycreditcreedcultcycledealingdealingsdeductiondefiledenominationdeputyderivation fromdescentdiddlingdisjunctiondistributordovetaildragdroneelbowembraceenationendless beltendless roundespetiologyexchangeexitfaithfamilyfamily connectionfatherhoodferryfilefiliationflywheel effectfordfornicationfraternityfriend at courtfrontfront mangallerygamutgatheringgerm cellgermanenessgliding jointgo betweengo-betweengradationhingehinged jointhiphomologyhonorhookuphumidentificationimplicationimputationindian fileinfluenceinformationinletinstallationinteractioninteragentintercederintercessorinterchangeintercommunicationintercommunionintercourseinterestinterface
Related words (235)
interlinkingintermediaryintermediateintermediate agentintermediatorintermediuminternunciointerplayinterpleaderinterrelationshipintersectionintervenerinterventorintimacyjobjobberjoinjoinderjointjointure
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junctionjuncturejuxtapositionkinkindredkinshipkith and kinkneeknottingknucklelaneliaisonlinelineagelinguistic intercourselinklinkagelinkinglovemakingmaking it withmarital affinitymarital relationsmarriagemarriage actmarriage connectionmarriage relationshipmaterialitymaternitymatingmatrilineagematrilinymatrisibmatroclinymeatmediarymediatormediummeetingmergermergingmessagemiddlemanmitermonotonemortisemotherhoodmouthpiecemutual attractionnearnessnecknegotiantnegotiatornegotiatressnegotiatrixnexusofficeombudsmanonanismopeningorderlinessorgasmoutletoverpassovumpairingpalaetiologypareuniapartnershippasspassagepassagewaypaternitypatrilineagepatrilinypatrisibpatroclinypendulumperigeeperihelionperiodicitypersuasionpertinencepipelinepivotpivot jointplaceplacementplenumporticopositionpostpowder trainprocreationprogressionpropinquityproximitypullqueuerabbetrailroad tunnelrangerankrapportrecurrencereferencereference toregardrelatednessrelationrelationsrelationshiprelativesrelevancereligionreplyrespectresponseresponsibilityreticulationrotationroundroutinerowrunsaddlingscalescarfscrewingseamsectsequenceseriessexsex actsexual climaxsexual commercesexual congresssexual intercoursesexual relationssexual unionshouldersibshipsimilaritysingle filesisterhoodsistershipsituationsleeping withsocial intercoursespeakingspectrumspeechspeech circuitspeech situationspermsplicespokesmanspokeswomanspotstitchstringsuccessionsutureswathsymbiosissympathysymphysissyzygytalkingtelepathyterminalthreadtietie intie rodtie uptie-intie-uptierties of bloodtogethernesstoggletoggle jointtouchtraffictraintrajecttrajettrucktunneltwo-way communicationunderpassunificationunionunitingveneryweldwholesalerwindrowwristyoking
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45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
13 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
8 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesused for
12 entriesTranslations
277 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- lidhje noun (act of connecting)
- lidhje noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Arabic
4 entries- اِتِّصَال noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- رَبْط noun (act of connecting)
- صُلَة noun (established communications or transportation link)
- صِلَة noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Armenian
3 entries- կապ noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- կապակցություն noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- միացում noun (act of connecting)
Belarusian
4 entries- злучэ́нне noun (act of connecting)
- злучэ́нне noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- злучэ́ньне noun (act of connecting)
- злучэ́ньне noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Bulgarian
4 entries- връ́зка noun (established communications or transportation link)
- връ́зка noun (transport: transfer)
- свъ́рзване noun (act of connecting)
- съедине́ние noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Catalan
4 entries- complicitat noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- confiança noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- connexió noun (act of connecting)
- connexió noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- پەیوەندی noun (act of connecting)
- پەیوەندی noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Chinese
3 entries- 值代 noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- 值大代 noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- 關係 /关系 noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 接線 /接线 noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- 換乘 /换乘 noun (transport: transfer)
- 通信 noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 連接 /连接 noun (act of connecting)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 接線 /接线 noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- 換乘 /换乘 noun (transport: transfer)
- 通信 noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 連接 /连接 noun (act of connecting)
Czech
3 entries- spojení noun (act of connecting)
- spojení noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- spojení noun (established communications or transportation link)
Danish
3 entries- forbindelse noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- forbindelse noun (established communications or transportation link)
- forbinding noun (act of connecting)
Dutch
4 entries- connectie noun (act of connecting)
- connectie noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- overstap noun (transport: transfer)
- verbinding noun (act of connecting)
Esperanto
4 entries- interligiteco noun (act of connecting)
- interligiteco noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- komunikiĝo noun (established communications or transportation link)
- konekto noun (established communications or transportation link)
Estonian
4 entries- seos noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- seostamine noun (act of connecting)
- ühendamine noun (act of connecting)
- ühendus noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Finnish
4 entries- jatkoyhteys noun (transport: transfer)
- yhdistäminen noun (act of connecting)
- yhteys noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- yhteys noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
French
4 entries- complicité noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- connexion noun (act of connecting)
- connexion noun (established communications or transportation link)
- correspondance noun (transport: transfer)
Galician
1 entries- conexión noun (act of connecting)
Georgian
4 entries- ბმული noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- დაკავშირება noun (act of connecting)
- კავშირი noun (act of connecting)
- კავშირი noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
German
4 entries- Anschluss noun (transport: transfer)
- Verbindung noun (act of connecting)
- Verbindung noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- Verbindung noun (established communications or transportation link)
Greek
4 entries- ανταπόκριση noun (transport: transfer)
- ζεύξη noun (established communications or transportation link)
- σύζευξη noun (established communications or transportation link)
- σύνδεση noun (act of connecting)
Hebrew
4 entries- חִבּוּר noun (act of connecting)
- חִבּוּר noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- חִיבּוּר noun (act of connecting)
- חִיבּוּר noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Hindi
2 entries- संबंध noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- संबंध noun (established communications or transportation link)
Hungarian
4 entries- csatlakozás noun (act of connecting)
- csatlakozás noun (transport: transfer)
- kapcsolat noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- kapcsolat noun (established communications or transportation link)
Indonesian
2 entries- hubungan noun (act of connecting)
- koneksi noun (act of connecting)
Ingrian
2 entries- yhtehys noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- yhtehös noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِتِّصال noun (act of connecting)
- اِتِّصال noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- رابِطِه noun (act of connecting)
- رابِطِه noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Irish
4 entries- ceangal noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- ceangal noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- ceangal noun (established communications or transportation link)
- cleamhnas noun (kinship relationship)
Italian
2 entries- coincidenza noun (transport: transfer)
- connessione noun (act of connecting)
Japanese
4 entries- コネクション noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 乗り換え noun (transport: transfer)
- 結合 noun (act of connecting)
- 縁故 noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Korean
4 entries- 련결 noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 연결 noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 커넥션 noun (established communications or transportation link)
- 환승 noun (transport: transfer)
Latin
2 entries- nexus noun (act of connecting)
- nexus noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Latvian
1 entries- sakars noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Lithuanian
4 entries- jungtis noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- ryšys noun (act of connecting)
- sujungimas noun (act of connecting)
- sujungimas noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Macedonian
2 entries- врска noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- врска noun (established communications or transportation link)
Malay
1 entries- penyambungan noun (act of connecting)
Māori
4 entries- hononga noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- moumouranga noun (kinship relationship)
- tūhononga noun (act of connecting)
- tūhononga noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forbindelse noun (act of connecting)
- forbindelse noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- sammenheng noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- tilkobling noun (established communications or transportation link)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- samanheng noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Old English
4 entries- tīeġung noun (act of connecting)
- tīeġung noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- ġespann noun (act of connecting)
- ġespann noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ربط noun (act of connecting)
Polish
4 entries- połączenie noun (act of connecting)
- połączenie noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- połączenie noun (established communications or transportation link)
- przesiadka noun (transport: transfer)
Portuguese
4 entries- conexão noun (act of connecting)
- conexão noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- conexão noun (established communications or transportation link)
- correspondência noun (established communications or transportation link)
Romanian
4 entries- conectare noun (act of connecting)
- conexare noun (act of connecting)
- conexiune noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- corespondență noun (transport: transfer)
Russian
4 entries- переса́дка noun (transport: transfer)
- связь noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- связь noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- связь noun (established communications or transportation link)
Sanskrit
2 entries- बन्धु noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- बन्धु noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ceangal noun (act of connecting)
- ceangal noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- ceangal noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- ceangal noun (established communications or transportation link)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vȅza noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- vȅza noun (established communications or transportation link)
- ве̏за noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- ве̏за noun (established communications or transportation link)
Slovak
2 entries- spojenie noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- spojenie noun (established communications or transportation link)
Slovene
3 entries- povezava noun (established communications or transportation link)
- zveza noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- zveza noun (established communications or transportation link)
Spanish
4 entries- acometida noun (established communications or transportation link)
- complicidad noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- conexión noun (act of connecting)
- conexión noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Swahili
1 entries- uunganishaji noun (act of connecting)
Swedish
4 entries- anknytning noun (kinship relationship)
- förbindelse noun (act of connecting)
- förbindelse noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- förbindelse noun (established communications or transportation link)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabit noun (established communications or transportation link)
Tajik
3 entries- алоқа noun (act of connecting)
- иттисол noun (act of connecting)
- робита noun (act of connecting)
Telugu
1 entries- సంధానం noun (act of connecting)
Thai
4 entries- การเชื่อมต่อ noun (act of connecting)
- การเชื่อมโยง noun (act of connecting)
- ข้อต่อ noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- สนธิ noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
Turkish
4 entries- aktarma noun (transport: transfer)
- bağ noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
- bağlanma noun (act of connecting)
- bağlantı noun (act of connecting)
Ukrainian
4 entries- з'є́днання noun (act of connecting)
- з'єдна́ння noun (act of connecting)
- зв'язо́к noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- зв'язо́к noun (established communications or transportation link)
Urdu
4 entries- اِتِّصال noun (act of connecting)
- اِتِّصال noun (point at which two or more things are joined)
- رابِطَہ noun (act of connecting)
- رابِطَہ کاری noun (established communications or transportation link)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfundeb noun (feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people)
Yiddish
1 entries- שײַכות noun (act of connecting)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.
Source: tatoeba (21191)
What gate is my connection?
Source: tatoeba (37596)
In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.
Source: tatoeba (51873)
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