connection

connection: [[t]kəne̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]]
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connections

(in BRIT, also use connexion)

1) N-VAR: usu N prep A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.

There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats...

The police say he had no connection with the security forces...

He has denied any connection to the bombing.

Syn:

association, link

2) N-COUNT A connection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together.

Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.

3) N-COUNT: usu n N If a place has good road, rail, or air connections, many places can be directly reached from there by car, train, or plane.

Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.

4) N-COUNT: usu sing If you get a connection at a station or airport, you catch a train, bus, or plane, after getting off another train, bus, or plane, in order to continue your journey.

My flight was late and I missed the connection.

5) N-PLURAL Your connections are the people who you know or are related to, especially when they are in a position to help you.

She used her connections to full advantage.

6) PHR-PREP If you write or talk to someone in connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing. [FORMAL]

I am writing in connection with Michael Shower's letter...

13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder.

7) PHRASE: PHR with cl You say in this connection or in that connection to indicate that what you are talking about is related to what you have just mentioned. [FORMAL]

It is the 100th anniversary of his death. We here are having very great celebrations in this connection.

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Synonyms:

Union, alliance, junction, association, dependence / Intercourse, communication, commerce / Sexual commerce / Affinity, relationship / Kinsman, relative, relation, kindred

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Connection — Con*nec tion, n. [Cf. {Connexion}.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
connection — con‧nec‧tion [kəˈnekʆn] also connexion noun 1. [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS something that joins you to a system, for example the telephone network or the Internet: • Do you have a broadband connection? … Financial and business terms
connection — is similar to the concept of support, except that connection refers to a relationship between members in a structural model. A connection restrains degrees of freedom of one member with respect to another. For each restrained degree of freedom,… … Mechanics glossary
Connection e.V. — Connection e. V. ist ein deutscher Verein mit Sitz in Offenbach am Main, der Deserteure unterstützt. Die Mitglieder stehen der Friedensbewegung nahe und sind ehrenamtlich tätig. Der Verein unterstützte mehrere tausend Deserteure bei der Asylsuche … Deutsch Wikipedia
connection — (Brit. also connexion) ► NOUN 1) a link or relationship. 2) the action of connecting. 3) (connections) influential people with whom one has contact or to whom one is related. 4) an opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, etc. ● … English terms dictionary
Connection (EP) — Connection EP (split) by Home Grown and Limbeck Released 2000 … Wikipedia
Connection — e. V. ist ein deutscher Verein mit Sitz in Offenbach am Main, der Deserteure unterstützt. Die Mitglieder stehen der Friedensbewegung nahe und sind ehrenamtlich tätig. Der Verein unterstützte zunächst mehrere tausend Deserteure bei der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Connection — «Connection» Canción de The Rolling Stones Álbum Between the Buttons Publicación … Wikipedia Español
connection — is now the dominant spelling, although connexion (preferred by Fowler) will be found in older printing styles. Fowler also wrote at length against what he regarded as the excessive use of in connection with, which he castigated as ‘a formula that … Modern English usage
connection — [n1] person who aids another in achieving goal acquaintance, agent, ally, associate, association, contact, friend, gobetween, intermediary, kin, kindred, kinship, mentor, messenger, network, reciprocity, relation, relative, sponsor; concepts… … New thesaurus
connection — [kə nek′shən] n. [ME conneccioun < L connexio < connexus, pp. of connectere: see CONNECT] 1. a joining or being joined; coupling; union 2. a part or thing that joins; means of joining 3. a relationship; association; specif., a) the relation … English World dictionary

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