- 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" "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
- (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;
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
- 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);
"the joining of hands around the table" "there was a connection via the internet"
