1. 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";
   - connexion [Brit], connectedness
    
2. The state of being connected
   "the connection between church and state is inescapable";
   - link, connectedness
    
3. The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
   "there was a connection via the internet";
   - joining, connexion [Brit]
    
4. Something that connects things together
   "he soldered the connection";
   - connexion [Brit], connector, connecter, connective
    
5. The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
   "conditioning is a form of learning by connection";
   - association, connexion [Brit]
    
6. A connecting shape
   "The connection in the chain was broken";
   - connexion [Brit], link
    
7. (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"
    
8. A supplier (especially of narcotics)
   "He claimed to have a connection who could get him any drug"
    
9. Shifting from one form of transportation to another
   "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta";
   - connexion [Brit]

Derived forms: connections

See also: connected, unconnected

Type of: acquaintance, change of integrity, conveyance, form, friend, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, memory, provider, relation, remembering, shape, supplier, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation, unification, union

Antonym: disjunction, unconnectedness

Encyclopedia: Connection