Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
Source: tatoeba (2385)
Connection
/kəˈnɛkʃn̩/
Synonyms for "connection" (533 found)
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Closest matches (107)
Noun(12 words)
linkbondconnectiveaffinitiesassociated withassociationassociationsbearing usebridgesbridgingchemical linkagechemistry
abutmentabuttalaccessaccordaccounting foracquaintanceact of loveadditionadjacencyadjoiningnessadjunctadulteryaffairsaffiliationaffinityagentagglomerationagglutinationaggregationagnation
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aislealleyallianceallyambulatoryancestryankleansweranswerabilityapertureaphrodisiaapplicabilityapplicationappointmentappositenessappositionappropriatenessapproximationappulsearbitratorarcadearrayarrogationarteryarticulationascriptionassassemblageassemblyassignationassignmentassociateassociationattachmentattributionavenueballingbankbearingberthbilletblamebloodblood relationshipbondboundarybracketingbridgebrokerbrotherhoodbrothershipbuttbuzzcarnal knowledgecatenacatenationcertaintycervixchainchain reactionchainingchannelchargechurchclimaxclinchcloisterclosenessclosureclusteringcogency
Adjective(2 words)
academic relationshipanatomical joint related
Verb(2 words)
associate withassociating experiences
Strong matches (160)
cognationcohabitationcoherencecoitioncoituscoitus interruptuscolonnadecombinationcommercecommon ancestrycommon descentcommunicationcommunionconcatenationconcernconcernmentconcourseconcurrenceconduitconfluence
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congeriesconglomerationcongressconjugationconjunctionconnectednessconnectingconnecting linkconnecting rodconnection withconnectionsconsanguinityconsecutionconsecutivenessconsistencycontactconterminousnesscontiguitycontinuitycontinuumcontrarietyconvergenceconversationconversecopulacopulationcorrelationcorrespondencecorridorcoterminousnesscouplingcoursecousinhoodcousinshipcovered waycreditcreedcultcycledealingdealingsdeductiondefiledenominationdeputyderivation fromdescentdiddlingdisjunctiondistributordovetaildragdroneelbowembraceenationendless beltendless roundespetiologyexchangeexitfaithfamilyfamily connectionfatherhoodferryfilefiliationflywheel effectfordfornicationfraternityfriend at courtfrontfront mangallerygamutgatheringgerm cellgermanenessgliding jointgo betweengo-betweengradationhingehinged jointhiphomologyhonorhookuphumidentificationimplicationimputationindian fileinfluenceinformationinletinstallationinteractioninteragentintercederintercessorinterchangeintercommunicationintercommunionintercourseinterestinterfaceinterlinkingintermediaryintermediateintermediate agentintermediator
Noun(23 words)
coherencecommunity tiesconessiconjuncturesconnconnectednessconnecterconnectivityconnectorconnexionconnexivecontact allowedearth connectionedgesenduring social bondenlaceentity relationshipevidence linkagehookupsin relation to
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Adjective(1 words)
corporate affiliation
Verb(1 words)
establish a link
Related words (266)
intermediuminternunciointerplayinterpleaderinterrelationshipintersectionintervenerinterventorintimacyjobjobberjoinjoinderjoiningjointjointurejunctionjuncturejuxtapositionkin
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kindredkinshipkith 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
Noun(42 words)
Adjective(6 words)
linking actionmathematical relationshipmechanical couplingsocial bondsstrong rapportstructural relation
Verb(1 words)
reaching out
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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8 entriesBluetooth connectionEthernet connectionWiFi connectionacademic connectionbusiness connectioncausal linkevidence linkfamily connection
Collocations
6 entriescultural connectiondeep connectionfamily connectionnetwork connectionpersonal connectionstrong connection
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample 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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