Meaning of connection in English

connection

noun

(also mainly UK or old-fashioned connexion)

/kəˈnek.ʃən/ us

/kəˈnek.ʃən/

connection noun (RELATION)

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B2 [ C ]

the state of being related to someone or something else:

connection between The connection between smoking and heart disease is well known.

make a connection They're sisters? I knew their surname was the same, but I never made (= thought of) the connection.

in connection with something

on the subject of something:

They want to talk to you in connection with an unpaid tax bill.

connections [ plural ]

the people you know and who can help you:

He only got the job because of his connections!

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A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance.
Police are interviewing a 43-year-old man in connection with the murder.
There's no observable connection between the two events.
We were only able to make a tenuous connection between the two robberies.
There is a direct connection between smoking and lung cancer.
Her essay makes a connexion between post-war technological change and language.

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Linking and relating

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connection noun (JOIN)

B1 [ C or U ]

the act of joining or the state of being joined to something else, or the part or process that makes this possible:

If the connection between the two parts is not strengthened, the joint can work loose.

There are screws, catches, clips, and other forms of mechanical connection.

Connections at the interface allow various appliances to be plugged in.

The electricity company guarantees connection within 24 hours.

No wonder your charger isn't working. There's a loose connection (= a connecting wire has become loose) in the plug.

[ C ]

the situation where a device such as a computer or mobile phone is joined to a communications system:

internet connection You need a fast internet connection.

network connection Alerts are still sent, even when the internal network connection is down.

broadband connection It is best to download large files over a broadband connection.

high-speed connection The file takes 60 seconds to download with a high-speed connection.

wireless connection Does your printer have a wireless connection, or do you need to use an Ethernet cable?

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Connecting and combining

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connection noun (FEELING)

[ C ]

a feeling that you understand, like, and are interested in someone or something:

connection with Generations of readers have felt a connection with the book.

connection to It became very clear that voters felt a strong connection to the candidate.

connection between We want to encourage activities that build connections between people.

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Their connection is so strong that it almost seems as if they can read each other's minds.
His musical connection with his sister is strong and they have collaborated many times.
When I hold the sculpture, I feel an intimate connection with the work.
Why did someone from the north of England have such a connection with someone from Southern California?
While I could see he was attractive, I felt no connection to him at all.
Her connection to nature can be traced to her childhood on a small farm.

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Understanding and comprehending

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connection noun (PHONE)

[ C ]

the way that two people can speak to each other by phone:

bad connection Sorry, could you repeat that? This is a very bad connection.

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Communications - by telephone

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connection noun (TRANSPORT)

B2 [ C ]

a bus, train, plane, etc. that arrives at a time that allows passengers to get on after getting off another one, so that they can continue their journey:

miss your connection If the flight is late, we'll miss our connection.

connection to mainly UK I had to get across to the far side of the station with heavy luggage for my connection to London.

[ C ]

a transport service such as a bus route, railway station, road, or airport that makes it possible or easy to reach or travel from a place:

The advantages of living in a city include more cultural variety and better connections.

connection to The area is highly sought after, with good connections to London and good schools.

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Arrivals and departures

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Travelling

Closeness in distance and time

(Definition of connection from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

connection | American Dictionary

connection

noun [ C/U ]

/kəˈnek·ʃən/

connection noun [C/U] (TRANSPORTATION)

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the fact of arriving on an aircraft, train, etc., before a second vehicle, on which passengers can continue their trip, leaves:

We were delayed and missed our connection.

connection noun [C/U] (THINGS JOINED)

the fact of joining two things together, or two things joined together:

[ C ] a sewer connection

connection noun [C/U] (RELATION)

the relationship of a person, thing, or behavior to someone or something else:

[ C ] Science has not shown a connection between drinking raw milk and disease prevention.

[ U ] Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft (= in some relation to it).

[ C ] He got the job through connections (= people who helped him).

(Definition of connection from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

connection | Business English

connection

noun

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[ C ]

a relationship between two things, ideas, etc.:

connection between sth and sth a study of the connection between pay and performance

[ C or U ] INTERNET, IT, COMMUNICATIONS

a way of joining users to a system, such as the internet or a phone system:

a(n) internet/broadband/wireless connection

Could you speak up, please? This is a very bad connection.

The electricity company promises connection for new customers within 48 hours.

[ C ] TRANSPORT

a plane, train, etc. that leaves at a suitable time for you to take it to continue your journey after travelling on another plane, train, etc.:

We missed our connection and had to stay overnight at an airport hotel.

connections [ plural ]

important people who you know and who can help and advise you:

Through his father's connections he got a job with a bank in the City.

connections [ plural ]

TRANSPORT

road, rail, etc. systems between one place and another:

Improved road and rail connections have benefited the area greatly.

(Definition of connection from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of connection

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We agree with the target article that contextual effects appear to multiply the effect of driving connections, by some factor.

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In this model, object features are integrated by synchronizing connections (within-chunk integration), and different objects are segregated by fast mutual inhibition (between-pattern segregation).

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In addition, a locality constraint favours the stabilisation of connections between nearby processing units.

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An alteration in the method or timing of pruning long connections could disrupt specialisation in the neural selectionism approach.

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According to this view, an individual concept is generated within hyper-columns by synchronizing and desynchronizing connections.

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However, cell assemblies that arise through functional connections between neurons are necessary in order to represent the difference between kinds of tasks.

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Such connections will require continual reevaluation into the foreseeable future.

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While establishing crossscale connections is important, most of the available data correlated with human behavior and cognition is recorded at macroscopic scales.

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Such fundamental connections between interference, boundary conditions, standing waves, and resonances occur throughout physical science and engineering.

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Circles represent neurons, and lines, their connections (the penetrated neurons being the ones that receive activation).

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Synaptic connections may contain information, in some sense of the word, but not knowledge.

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All note that their models could be used to study the effects of such connections, however.

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As connections from the orbitofrontal to premotor cortex are affected, that may account for concurrent occurrence of emotional and motor disturbances in these patients.

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Furthermore, the right orbitofrontal cortex shows a higher density of neurons and neuronal connections, which may account for predominance of right hemispheric activation (see below).

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Due to glutamatergic-mediated connections from medial temporal areas, activity in lateral orbitofrontal/prefrontal cortex may be deregulated in schizophrenia.

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Collocations with connection

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broadband connection

We are approaching a broadband connection figure of 3 million.

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causal connection

Of course, this is not a causal connection.

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close connection

This latter question is likely to have a close connection to the understanding of the relationship between fluency and formulaic language use.

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Translations of connection

in Chinese (Traditional)

聯繫, （與某人或某事的）聯繫, 連接…

in Chinese (Simplified)

联系, （与某人或某事的）联系, 连接…

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relación, conexión, enlace…

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relação, conexão, ligação…

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संबंध, सामील होण्याची किंवा दुसर्‍या कशात सामील होण्याची क्रिया, किंवा भाग किंवा प्रक्रिया ज्यामुळे हे शक्य होते…

接続, 関係, （交通機関の）乗り換え…

ilişki, ilgi, alaka…

relation [feminine], lien [masculine], rapport [masculine]…

connexió, relació, enllaç…

aansluiting, betrekking, connectie…

ஒருவருடன் அல்லது வேறு எதையாவது தொடர்புபடுத்தும் நிலை, அல்லது வேறு ஏதாவது, அல்லது இந்த சாத்தியமாக்கும் பகுதி அல்லது செயல்முறை சேர அல்லது இணைந்த செயல்…

संबंध, संबंधित होने की अवस्था या भाव, संपर्क…

સંબંધ, સંબંધની સ્થિતિ, જોડાણ…

forbindelse…

koppling, ledning, kontakt…

sambungan, berkenaan, kenalan…

der Anschluss, die Verbindung, die Beziehungen (pl.)…

forbindelse [masculine], sammenheng [masculine], sympati [masculine]…

تعلق, رشتہ, ربط…

з'єднання, зв'язок, зв'язки…

связь, (под)соединение, пересадка (на транспорте)…

సంబంధం/బంధుత్వం, ఎవరికైనా లేదా వేరొకరికి సంబంధించిన స్థితి, కనెక్షన్…

صِلة, ارْتِباط, قَرابة…

সম্পর্ক, সংযোগ, সংযোগ করার কাজ বা তার অংশ বা তার পদ্ধতি…

spojení, styk, spojitost…

hubungan, koneksi…

การเชื่อมต่อ, ความสัมพันธ์, ผู้ที่มีประโยชน์ในการติดต่อธุรกิจ…

sự kết nối, mối quan hệ, sự chuyển tiếp tàu xe…

związek, połączenie, podłączenie…

연결, 관계, 연결편…

collegamento, relazione, rapporto…

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Meaning of connection in English

connection noun (RELATION)

connection noun (JOIN)

connection noun (FEELING)

connection noun (PHONE)

connection noun (TRANSPORT)

connection | American Dictionary

connection noun [C/U] (TRANSPORTATION)

connection noun [C/U] (THINGS JOINED)

connection noun [C/U] (RELATION)

connection | Business English

Examples of connection

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