connection

Plural

connections

1. 1.The act of connecting.

   • The exact nature of the relations between the boy-wife and his protector are doubtful; they certainly have connection, but the natives repudiate with horror and disgust the idea of sodomy.

2. 2.The point at which two or more things are connected.

   • It is kept super-clean by helpful staff who still find the time to help customers with tight connections.
   • The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.

3. 3.A physical link between two things or places.

   • I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.

4. 4.A relationship or association.

   • My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
   • These two seemed to have a closer relationship than I knew. What's their connection?
   • As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.

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