connection
n 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" [syn: {connexion}, {connectedness}]
[ant: {unconnectedness}]
2: the state of being connected; "the connection between church
and state is inescapable" [syn: {link}, {connectedness}]
[ant: {disjunction}]
3: something that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he
didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and
the speakers" [syn: {connexion}, {connector}, {connecter},
{connective}]
4: (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"
5: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory
or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by
association" [syn: {association}, {connexion}]
6: a connecting shape [syn: {connexion}, {link}]
7: a supplier (especially of narcotics)
8: shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the
plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
[syn: {connexion}]
9: the act of bringing two things into contact [syn: {joining},
{connexion}, {connecting}]