connection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A relationship or link between things or events.

   There is a clear connection between smoking and lung disease.

2. 2
   noun

   A link that lets you communicate or access a network.

   The video kept stopping because of a weak internet connection.

3. 3
   noun

   A feeling of understanding and closeness between people.

   We laughed at the same jokes, and I felt a real connection between us.

4. 4
   noun

   A train, bus, or plane that you change to in order to continue a journey.

   The plane was late and we missed our connection in Atlanta.

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“to bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“to bind”). In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

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