Definition of CONNECTION

connection

Plural: connections

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"
  • the state of being connected
    • "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • an instrumentality that connects
    • "he soldered the connection"
  • (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"
  • the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
  • a connecting shape
  • a supplier (especially of narcotics)
  • shifting from one form of transportation to another
    • "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
  • the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
    • "there was a connection via the internet"
  • The act of connecting.
  • The point at which two or more things are connected.
  • A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
  • An established communications or transportation link.
  • A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
  • A kinship relationship between people.
  • A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
  • A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
  • Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
  • A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
  • Sexual intercourse.
  • A drug dealer.

Examples

  • As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
  • computers linked by a network connection
  • I have some connections in Lancashire.
  • I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.
  • My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
  • The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
  • the connection between overeating and obesity
  • The Route 4 bus will arrive on 5th St. at Robinson Ave at 3:30. The northbound number 14 is scheduled to arrive on Robinson at 3:31. That means you have to run across the street once you arrive, it's a spot connection.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“I bind”).
In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

Scrabble Score: 14

connection: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
connection: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
connection: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

connection: valid Words With Friends Word