Definitions for connection

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connection con·nec·tion

Spelling: [kuh-nek-shuh n]

IPA: /kəˈnɛk ʃən/

Connection is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in connection (cceinnnoot).

Definitions for connection

noun

1. the act or state of connecting.
2. the state of being connected:
3. anything that connects; a connecting part; link; bond:
4. association; relationship:
5. a circle of friends or associates or a member of such a circle.
6. association with or development of something observed, imagined, discussed, etc.:
7. contextual relation; context, as of a word.
8. the meeting of trains, planes, etc., for transfer of passengers:
9. Often, connections. a transfer by a passenger from one conveyance to another:
10. a specific vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., boarded in making connections:
11. a relative, especially by marriage or distant blood relationship.
12. Slang. a person who sells drugs directly to addicts.
13. a source of supply for goods, material, etc., that is scarce, difficult, or illegal to obtain:
14. a group of persons who are connected, as by political or religious ties.
15. Usually, connections. associates, relations, acquaintances, or friends, especially representing or having some influence or power:
16. a religious denomination:
17. a channel of communication:
18. sexual intercourse.

Origin of connection

1350-1400; variant spelling of connexion; Middle English conneccioun, connexioun (Middle French) Latin connexiōn- (stem of connexiō), equivalent to connex(us) (past participle of connectere t

Examples for connection

I recur to it here as a plausible suggestion only, in connection with my theme.

Nine U.S. Army soldiers were court-martialed and convicted of crimes in connection with that scandal.

What connection exists between the sixth and seventh petitions?

But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.

The names of this phallic deity show his connection with the Sun.

There was nothing mercenary in his connection with politics.

The smile grew in the short interval before the connection was made.

It was original in how it treated Nixon and his connection to the right before 1968.

Rural churches were deserted, and the connection between the land and the bounty of harvests was gone.

He stated—quite rightly—that animals are never mentioned in connection with eternal life in the Bible.