connection

Definitions

1. Relationship, connection.
2. In relation to; with respect to; concerning: The mayor's office made no comments in connection with the tax proposal.
3. The point at which two or more things are connected.
   countable, uncountable
4. The act of connecting.
5. A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
   countable, uncountable
6. One that connects; a link: made a connection between the two pipes.
7. An established communications or transportation link.
   countable, uncountable
8. An association or relationship: an obvious connection between the two crimes.
9. A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
   countable, uncountable
10. The logical or intelligible ordering of words or ideas; coherence.
11. A kinship relationship between people.
    countable, uncountable
12. Reference or relation to something else; context: In this connection, the agreement can be seen as a step toward peace.
13. A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
    countable, uncountable
14. A person, especially one of influence or importance, with whom one is associated, as by kinship or common interests: used her connections to land a job.
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 conveyance or scheduled run providing continuing service between means of transportation: missed my connection in Miami.
17. Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
    countable, uncountable
18. A physical link, such as by wire or fiber-optic cable, between two or more points in a telecommunications system: established a connection to the internet.
19. A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
    countable, uncountable
20. A means or channel of communication: couldn't hear due to the bad phone connection.
21. Sexual intercourse.
    countable, uncountable
22. A drug dealer.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

43 more languages

العربيةاتصالالإتّصالربطصلةعقدعلاقةنسبةوصل+ 5 more

Беларускаязлучэ́ннесувязь

Българскивръ́зкасъедине́ние

Bosanskipoveznicaspojsponaštelavezažnoraвезаповезницаспојспонаштела+ 8 more

Catalàcomplicitatconfiançaconnexió

Češtinapřipojenípropojenísouvislostspojeníspojitost+ 2 more

Cymraegcyfundeb

Danskforbindelseforbinding

Ελληνικάανταπόκρισηαρμογήζεύξημέσοσύζευξησύναψησύνδεσησυσχετισμόςσχέση+ 6 more

Esperantointerligitecokunligo

Eestiseosühendus

Suomijatkoyhteyskonnektiokytkentäkytkeymäkytköskytkyliitäntäliittymäkohtaliityntäliityntäyhteyslinkkiyhteysyhdistäminenyhdysreittiyhteys+ 11 more

Gaeilgeceangalcleamhnas

Gàidhligbuinteanasceangal

עבריתחיבורי־ח־סקישורקשורקשר+ 2 more

हिन्दीजोड़जोड़ीताल्लुक़नाताप्रसंगसंपर्कसंबद्धतासंबंधसिलसिला+ 6 more

Hrvatskipoveznicaspojsponaštelavezažnoraвезаповезницаспојспонаштела+ 8 more

Magyarcsatlakozáskapcsolatközösségösszefüggésrokonrokonság+ 3 more

Հայերենկապկապակցությունմիացում

Bahasa Indonesiahubungankomunikasikoneksinasabahpenghubungperhubunganrelasisambatsangkut paut+ 6 more

Italianocoincidenzaconnectionconnessione

日本語コネクションつて乗り換え回線接続結び付き結合縁縁故繋がり通信連動連結連絡鏈関関係+ 14 more

ქართულიბმულიდაკავშირებაკავშირი

한국어결관계관련련결연연결연락이음접속접촉징검다리커넥션환승+ 10 more

Kurdîmunasebetnexuş

Latinacoagmentatiocolligatiocomplexioconciliatioconexioconexusconiugiumconsecutiocontextusferrumenfibulanexusproximitastextus+ 11 more

Lietuviųryšỹs

Latviešusaistībasakarssavienojums

Македонскиврска

Nederlandsconnectieoverstapverbinding

Polskikoneksjapołączeniepowiązanieprzesiadkaprzyłączeprzyłączenieprzyłączeniowywyprowadzeniezakładkowyzespoleniezwiązek+ 8 more

Portuguêsconexãocorrespondênciajunçãoligação+ 1 more

Românăconectareconexareconexiunecorespondențăîmbinareînrudirejoncțiunelegarelegăturărelațieunire+ 8 more

Русскийпересадкасвязьсоединение

Shqiplidhje

Српскиpoveznicaspojsponaštelavezažnoraвезаповезницаспојспонаштела+ 8 more

Svenskaanknytningbefattningförbindelsesambandsammankopplingsammanlänkninguppkoppling+ 4 more

Kiswahiliuunganishaji

ไทยข้อต่อประพันธ์สนธิสาย+ 1 more

Tagalogkabit

Türkçeaktarmaalakabağbağlanmabağlantıbağlılıkilgimünasebetrabıtatanıdık+ 7 more

Українськавідношеннявключенняз'єднаннязв'язокмістпересадкапідключеннясполучення+ 5 more

اردواتصالرابطہرابطہ کاریعلاقہ+ 1 more

Examples

“the connection between overeating and obesity”

“My headache has no connection with me going out last⟳ night.”

“A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm⟳ that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder⟳ of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report⟳ on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."”

“As we were the only people in the room to laugh⟳ at the joke, I felt a connection between us.”

“computers linked by a network connection”

“I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.”

“The Route 4 bus will arrive⟳ on 5th St. at Robinson Ave at 3:30. The northbound number⟳ 14 is scheduled to arrive⟳ on Robinson at 3:31. That means you have⟳ to run⟳ across the street once you arrive⟳, it's a spot connection.”

“The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait⟳ six hours for the next train⟳.”

“It is kept super-clean by helpful staff who still find⟳ the time to help⟳ customers with tight connections.”

“I have⟳ some connections in Lancashire.”

“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.”

“At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.”

“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.”

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