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Connection   /kənˈɛkʃən/   Listen
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Connection  n.  
1.
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.
Synonyms: link, connectedness.
2.
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
3.
Any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.
Synonyms: relation. "He (Algazel) denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect." "The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness." "Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things."
4.
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
5.
The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection. "Men elevated by powerful connection." "At the head of a strong parliamentary connection." "Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him."
6.
Something that connects other objects.
Synonyms: connexion, connector, connecter, connective.
7.
(usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.
8.
A communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.
9.
(Transportation) A vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection 9; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection. Note: A connection may be more specifically referred to as a connecting flight, a connecting train, etc.
10.
(Transportation) The scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
11.
(Transportation) The transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.
12.
(Commerce) A vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; often used in the pl..
13.
(Psychol.) The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
Synonyms: association, connection, connexion.
In this connection, in connection with this subject. Note: (A phrase objected to by some writers.) Note: This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.
Synonyms: Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.





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"Connection" Quotes from Famous Books



... repeated while the doctor is warming his hands over the fire, and the following paragraph to the Ancient White (the Fire) while holding the warm thumb upon the aching spot. This reverses the usual order, which is to address the fire while warming the hands. In this connection it must be noted that the fire used by the doctor is never the ordinary fire on the hearth, but comes from four burning chips taken from the hearth fire and generally placed in an earthen vessel by the side ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney
... bold precipice—a lagoon island raised by the reef-building corals—an active volcano—and the overwhelming effects of a violent earthquake. These latter phenomena perhaps possess for me a peculiar interest, from their intimate connection with the geological structure of the world. The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the labored works of man in a moment ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern -- Volume 11 • Various
... have to stand, whilst the Right Honourable Benjamin or the Right Honourable Sir Edward looked over the papers. But there is a modus in rebus: there are certain lines which must be drawn: and I am only half pleased for my part, when Bob Bowstreet, whose connection with letters is through Policeman X and Y, and Tom Garbage, who is an esteemed contributor to the Kennel Miscellany, propose to join fellowship as brother literary men, slap me on the back, and call me old boy, or by my ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... poor helpless child." (At this moment Peter, who had been reconnoitring the whole scene through his half-closed eyes, seized the opportunity to wink to the mourners with such irresistible effect as to prove once again the close connection between tears and laughter.) "And him a magistrate," concluded the sympathetic female. "He ought to be ashamed of himself; but if I were the laddie's friends, I would make the Bailie hear about it on the deaf side ...
— Young Barbarians • Ian Maclaren
... time to give to anything of that sort, he had always said, but he might have found the time, if he had had the inclination. He had not much leisure in Barstow. Still, in the course of the first two years, he came to know a good many people in the way of business; and in connection with the work undertaken by the church to which he belonged, he also made friends whom he valued, but his first friends were ...
— Allison Bain - By a Way she knew not • Margaret Murray Robertson


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