Connection

Word CONNECTION
Character 10
Hyphenation con nec tion
Pronunciations /kəˈnɛkʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Connection"

What do we mean by connection?

The act of connecting. noun

The state of being connected. noun

One that connects; a link. noun

An association or relationship. noun

The logical or intelligible ordering of words or ideas; coherence. noun

Reference or relation to something else; context. noun

A person, especially one of influence or importance, with whom one is associated, as by kinship or common interests. noun

A conveyance or scheduled run providing continuing service between means of transportation. noun

A physical link, such as by wire or fiber-optic cable, between two or more points in a telecommunications system. noun

A means or channel of communication. noun

A drug dealer. noun

A purchase of illegal drugs. noun

(in connection with) In relation to; with respect to; concerning. idiom

Whatever connects or is used to connect; a connecting part or thing: as, hot-water connections. noun

Inductive series connection of induction motors or transformers, that is, such connection that the primary of the first apparatus connects to the supply-circuit, the secondary of the first to the primary of the second apparatus, the secondary of the second apparatus to the receiving-circuit or to the primary of a third apparatus, etc. Usually called concatenation or tandem connection. noun

A body of Methodists in England which seceded from the Wesleyan Methodist Connection (1797), advocating the distribution of power of government between the ministers and the laity. noun

The state of being connected or joined; union by junction, by an intervening substance or medium, by dependence or relation, or by order in a series. noun

The act of connecting; the act of uniting, associating, or bringing into relation. noun

The act of connecting.

The point at which two or more things are connected.

A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

An established communications or transportation link.

A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service

A kinship relationship between people.

An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.

A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.

Coherence; lack of disjointedness

The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.

Sexual intercourse

Synonyms and Antonyms for Connection

The word "connection" in example sentences

In this connection Irenæus employed the following categories: _restoring of the likeness of God in humanity_; _abolition of death_; _connection and union of man with God_; _adoption of men as sons of God and as gods_; ❋ Adolph Harnack (1890)

I don't want to route all traffic over the VPN connection, so I did not check the «Send all traffic over VPN connection» setting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I know the point of the torture was to produce such a connection, but it might not have been necessary to waterboard al-Libi to get him to say ’yes’ to the suggestion of the ’connection’. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And with books, the connection is already there, that's what makes it so hard. ❋ Yuki_onna (2010)

This can be a real benefit for those without a nearby wired connection, or if the connection is already being used by another device, such as a cable or satellite box or a Web-enabled Blu-ray player .. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yesterday they were finishing the last 100 yards at the north end (Esquinapa) where it ties in to the already open cuota and on the south end at Rosa Morada the connection is already complete and only has orange cones blocking entry. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The DSL service was down, first time in a year, and in that year I had built a fair amount of stuff on the assumption that the connection is there. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But if the connection is a necessary one (and we in fact presuppose that it is), then there has to be a being which is necessarily non-malicious, necessarily infallible, and which exercizes beneficent control over natural processes and entities, and over any super - or non-natural entities. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sure, when the connection from the rooftop antenna is made directly into the computer everything works fine, but when the connection is then switched to the router the signal degrades and eventually dies. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This rule now tells the device to only check TCP packets where the connection is already established. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Worth remembering in this connection is the fact that risk-taking is a central and legitimate aspect of our free enterprise system. ❋ Unknown (1976)

The important thing for us to consider in this connection is the fact that there will be a report arrived at in some way, and that the facts of the dispute will thus be spread before the world. ❋ Unknown (1919)

The Canadian Pacific Railway in this connection is the forerunner of us all. ❋ Unknown (1907)

We have lately been celebrating the glorious deeds of Nelson and among the most apt and inspiring things I have seen in this connection is the cartoon, and yet not a cartoon, a historic picture rather, appearing in Punch. ❋ Unknown (1906)

In this connection is an amusing incident which happened just previous to my release. ❋ Unknown (1887)

"Wouldn't this be the same one," the Colonel asked, "who really discovered what you call the connection?" ❋ Henry James (1879)

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