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US
/kəˈnɛkʃən/
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[ UK /kənˈɛkʃən/ ]
[ UK /kənˈɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
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(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
he has powerful connections -
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
the joining of hands around the table
there was a connection via the internet - a connecting shape
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shifting from one form of transportation to another
the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta -
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 -
an instrumentality that connects
he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
he soldered the connection - a supplier (especially of narcotics)
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the state of being connected
the connection between church and state is inescapable -
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
conditioning is a form of learning by association
How To Use connection In A Sentence
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- For high-definition video, the umi needs an Internet connection that can send, or upload, data at 1.5 megabits per second, higher than that of typical DSL or cable services. Cisco Launches 'Umi' Telepresence Box To Turn TVs Into Videophones
- Connection is here something both yearned for and guarded against. The Times Literary Supplement
- A separable reinforced concrete numerical model and fluid-solid interconnection method were used to predict the development of surface bulge in LS-DYNA.
- The three were taken into custody in connection with alleged plans to attack the US embassy in Paris.
- And there was some consolation for the connections of Limestone Lad when Solerina won the novice hurdle.
- This fact confirms the connection which we find, notwithstanding the difference of fracture and of specific gravity between the saussurite and the siliceous basis of the porphyrschiefer, which is the phonolite Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
- According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up. HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
- When healthy subjects looked at the concave faces, connections strengthened between the frontoparietal network, which is involved in top-down processing, and the visual areas of the brain that receive information from the eyes. Multi Medium
- His vision is of a world that coheres through human connection rather than rules.