# connection

Pronunciation: say "kuh-NEK-shuhn" /kəˈnɛkʃn̩/

## Noun

1. A link or relationship between facts, ideas, events or things, through which one is associated with another or has an effect on it.
   - Simple: A way in which two things, facts or ideas are linked, so that one is related to the other or changes it.
   - _Researchers are studying the connection between air pollution and childhood asthma._
   - _The essay draws connections between the war and the poet's later work._
2. An established link for communication or transportation between places.
   - Simple: A link that lets people talk, travel, or send information between places.
   - _Engineers restored the connection after the undersea cable was repaired._
   - _A direct rail connection links the two cities in under an hour._
3. The rapport felt between two or more people who understand each other and find it easy to communicate.
   - Simple: A warm feeling of understanding between people who get along well.
   - _She sensed a deep connection with her new colleague almost immediately._
   - _The teacher built a genuine connection with every student in the class._
4. The point where two or more things are joined together.
   - Simple: The place where two or more things join or meet.
   - _The connection between the hose and the tap had come loose._
   - _Inspectors found a weak connection where the two steel beams met._
5. A person related to you through family or business ties.
   - Simple: A person you know through family or business.
   - _He landed the contract thanks to a well-placed connection._
   - _Several of her business connections attended the wedding._
6. The act of joining or linking two or more things together.
   - Simple: The act of joining two or more things together.
   - _The connection of the printer to the network failed twice before it worked._
   - _Proper connection of the cables is essential before powering on the system._
7. A transfer from one scheduled vehicle to another, such as a train or plane, during a journey.
   - Simple: A change from one bus, train, or plane to another on a planned trip.
   - _Passengers rushed across the terminal to make their connection._
   - _A tight connection left no room for delays between the two trains._
8. A relationship of kinship between people.
   - Simple: A family link between people who are related.
   - _Historians traced a kinship connection linking the two royal lines._
   - _The family connection between the villages went back several centuries._
9. Coherence, or the quality of parts holding together without gaps or breaks.
   - Simple: The way the parts of something fit together so it makes sense.
   - _The last chapters read like a pile of loose notes, with little order or connection, as if the author had run out of time._
   - _Good writing depends on connection between one paragraph and the next._
10. A supplier or dealer from whom someone buys illegal drugs. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The person someone buys illegal drugs from.
   - _Police followed the addict for days, hoping he would lead them to his connection._
   - _When her usual connection left town, she had to buy drugs from strangers she did not trust._

## Noun

11. Sexual intercourse, as a discreet term in older formal and scholarly writing. *(dated)*
   - Simple: An old-fashioned, polite way of saying sex.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A Methodist denomination considered as a single whole, rather than its individual churches, circuits, districts, and conferences.
- (noun) A collection of sets that includes the empty set, every one-element set for any element in its sets, and the union of any of its overlapping member sets.

## Origin

From Middle English conneccioun, from Latin connexionem ("a binding together"), based on connectō/cōnectō ("I bind together"), a compound of co- ("together") and nectō ("I bind"). In mid-18th-century American English the spelling shifted from connexion to connection (connect + -ion), making connexion British and dated while connection became standard internationally.

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