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Type Words
Synonyms association, connexion
Type of memory, remembering
Has types colligation
Derivation connect
Type Words
Synonyms connexion
Type of transport, conveyance, transferral, transfer, transportation
Derivation connect


the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta.
Type Words
Synonyms connectedness, connexion
Type of relation
Has types communication, alliance, bond, bridge, concatenation, involvement, linkage, relatedness, relevance, relevancy, series


there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare.
Type Words
Synonyms connecter, connective, connector, connexion
Type of instrumentation, instrumentality
Has types bond, hookup, coupling, earth, telephone line, telephone circuit, subscriber line, slip ring, backbone, phone line, patch, temporary hookup, line, attachment, yoke, conjunction, junction, hitch, jumper, ground
Derivation connect


he soldered the connection.
Type Words
Synonyms connexion, joining
Type of change of integrity
Has types interconnection, intersection, converging, convergency, convergence, junction, concatenation, coming upon, articulation, approximation, adjunction, bringing close together, attachment, hit, fastening, encounter
Derivation connect


there was a connection via the internet.
Type Words
Synonyms connectedness, link
Type of unification, union
Has types coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, concatenation, contact, interconnectedness, interconnection, coherency


the connection between church and state is inescapable.
Type Words
Synonyms connexion, link
Type of shape, form
Has types join, joint, junction, juncture, articulation, node
Type Words
Type of supplier, provider
Type Words
Type of friend, acquaintance
Derivation connect


he has powerful connections.

Examples of connection

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I fret even more about Chrome OS's dependence on a reliable Internet connection.
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Alas, Salonen provided no explanation of the connection, if any, with the music.
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I couldn't get a signal even though the place said it had a wireless connection.
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He is charged with vehicle burglary and theft in connection with the stolen car.
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This leaves the connection between values, leadership and action underdeveloped.
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The census found another more basic connection in the genetic blueprint of life.
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David Burns assembles a connection on a gate in his workshop in Rough and Ready.
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If they do not, they will loose the most intimate connection with the customers.
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Baker is charged in connection with the death of her step-daughter, Zahra Baker.
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  • A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • The state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections"
  • Association: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
  • A connecting shape
  • A supplier (especially of narcotics)
  • Geometry of quantum systems (e.g., noncommutative geometry and supergeometry) is mainly phrased in algebraic terms of modules and algebras. Connections on modules are generalization of a linear connection on a smooth vector bundle written as a Koszul connection on then-module of sections of .
  • Connection is essential to all partner dancing and is the primary means to communicate synchronized dance movement between the lead and follow. ...
  • "Connection" is a song released by the Britpop group Elastica. It was originally released in 1994 as a single and the album version was not released until 1995 on their self-titled debut. It is also the theme tune to the UK television programme Trigger Happy TV.