1. connection - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): connexion, connectedness
Hypernym(s): relation
2. connection - noun
· the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
Synonym(s): link, connectedness
Hypernym(s): union, unification
3. connection - noun
· an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
Synonym(s): connexion, connector, connecter, connective
Hypernym(s): instrumentality, instrumentation
4. connection - noun
· (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"
Hypernym(s): acquaintance, friend
5. connection - noun
· the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
Synonym(s): association, connexion
Hypernym(s): memory, remembering
6. connection - noun
· a connecting shape
7. connection - noun
· a supplier (especially of narcotics)
Hypernym(s): supplier, provider
8. connection - noun
· shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
Synonym(s): connexion
Hypernym(s): transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
9. connection - noun
· the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
Synonym(s): joining, connexion
Hypernym(s): change_of_integrity
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