connection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   shifting from one form of transportation to another

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

2. 2
   noun

   an instrumentality that connects

   They soldered the connection.

3. 3
   noun

   a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way

   I have powerful connections.

4. 4
   noun

   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

5. 5
   noun

   the state of being connected

   the connection between church and state is inescapable

6. 6
   noun

   The point at which two or more things are connected.

   the connection between overeating and obesity

7. 7
   noun

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

   As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.

8. 8
   noun

   An established communications or transportation link.

   computers linked by a network connection

Etymology

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.