connection
pronunciation
How to pronounce connection in British English:
UK [kəˈnekʃn]
How to pronounce connection in American English:
US [kəˈnekʃn]
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- Noun:
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- 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 act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
Word Origin
- connection (n.)
- late 14c., conneccion, later connexioun (mid-15c.), from Old French connexion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio) "a binding or joining together," from *connexare, frequentative of conectere "to fasten together, to tie, join together," from com- "together" (see com-) + nectere "to bind, tie" (see nexus). Spelling shifted from connexion to connection (especially in American English) mid-18c. under influence of connect, abetted by affection, direction, etc. See -xion.
Synonym
relation kin kinsfolk and family cognate sib kith relative kinsman agnate blood in-law consanguinity relative-in-law sibling people relationship tie kinship
concatenation chain buckle commissure seam articulation connective pivot welt clasp rabbet clamp coupler knot joint joiner bond hinge latch linkage suture tie link coupling yoke
connecting accouplement coupling conjugation splicing conjuncture bordering marriage joinder conjunction binding joining junction union conjoining collocation juncture linking bonding skirting edging juxtaposition yoking unification abutting uniting meeting
knowledge intercourse act copulation coitus venery love sex carnal mating coition sexual intimacy of
consolidation sorority cluster clique order society coterie confederation merger circle federation entente cabal bund combination fraternity amalgamation conspiracy alliance league
Example
- 1. This connection makes simplifying life very difficult .
- 2. But the connection between the two is indirect .
- 3. What braingate does is bypass the broken connection .
- 4. A simple connection is waiting right now .
- 5. It is completely outmoded when you have new forms of connection , like the internet .