CONNECTION

/kəˈnɛkʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. noun a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it). — synonyms: connexion, connectedness
  2. noun the state of being connected. — synonyms: link, connectedness
  3. noun an instrumentality that connects. — synonyms: connexion, connector, connecter, connective
  4. noun (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship).
  5. noun the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination. — synonyms: association, connexion
  6. noun a connecting shape. — synonyms: connexion, link
  7. noun a supplier (especially of narcotics).
  8. noun shifting from one form of transportation to another. — synonyms: connexion
  9. noun the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication). — synonyms: joining, connexion

Examples

  • “My headache has no connection with me going out last night.”
  • “As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.”
  • “I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.”

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