Meaning & Definition of Connection in English

1. 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"

2. The state of being connected

• "The connection between church and state is inescapable"

3. An instrumentality that connects

• "He soldered the connection"

• "He didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

4. (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"

5. The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• "Conditioning is a form of learning by association"

6. A connecting shape

7. A supplier (especially of narcotics)

8. Shifting from one form of transportation to another

• "The plane was late and he missed his connection in atlanta"

9. 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"