📒 something that connects two facts, ideas, etc.
- connection between A and B Scientists have established a connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease.
- connection with something a direct/close/strong connection with something
- His resignation must have some connection with the recent scandal.
📒 the act of connecting or the state of being connected
- a broadband/wireless/Wi-Fi/network connection
- I'm having problems with my internet connection.
- connection to something Connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days.
📒 a point, especially in an electrical system, where two parts connect
- A faulty connection caused the machine to stop.
- If you break the connection, the light won't come on.
📒 a train, bus or plane at a station or an airport that a passenger can take soon after getting off another in order to continue their journey
- I missed the connection by five minutes.
- We'll be lucky if we make our connection.
- connection to… We arrived in good time for the connection to Paris.
📒 a means of travelling to another place
- There are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities.
- good connections with New York
📒 a person or an organization that you know and that can help or advise you in your social or professional life
- One of my business connections gave them my name.
- He got his job through connections.
- He has connections.
📒 people who are your relatives, but not members of your close family
- She is British but also has German connections.
- a network of family connections in Italy
📒 for reasons connected with somebody/something
- A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager.
- I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application.
📒 for reasons connected with something recently mentioned