See Also: Connection(medicine)
Pan Am Connection(tourism)
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connection(dictionary)
connection(dictionary)
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Off-line connection(tourism)
Illegal connection(tourism)
grid connection(medicine)
American Connection(tourism)

connection (oh)



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1 ?relationship?
2 ?joining?
3 in connection with something
4 ?electrical wire?
5 ?train/flight etc?
6 ?road/railway etc?
7 ?people?
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?RELATIONSHIP?
[C] the way in which two facts, ideas, events etc are related to each other, and one is affected or caused by the other
-synonym link link connection between
::the causal connection between smoking and cancer
:: There is a connection between pollution and the death of trees.
connection with
::Mr O'Hara had no known connection with terrorist activity.
connection to
::Williams apparently has no connection to the case.
::Police have so far failed to establish a connection between the two murders.
::The evidence was there in the file but no one made the connection .
::Students often see little connection between school and the rest of their lives.
::He demonstrated the close connection between social conditions and health.
?JOINING?
[U and C] when two or more things are joined together or when something is joined to a larger system or network
::a digital telephone connection via satellite
::They're offering free Internet connection.
connection to
::The socket allows connection to a PC.
::There's a ¡ê25 connection charge (=money you pay to be connected to a service such as telephones, electricity etc) .
in connection with sth
concerning or involving something
arrest/charge/question etc sb in connection with a crime
::Two men have been arrested in connection with the attack.
::visits made to Spain in connection with her business
::his work in connection with refugees
?ELECTRICAL WIRE?
[C] a wire or piece of metal joining two parts of a machine or electrical system
::an electrical connection
::My radio isn't working properly - I think it's got a loose connection (=wires which are not joined correctly) .
?TRAIN/FLIGHT ETC?
[C] a train, bus, or plane which is arranged to leave at a time which allows passengers from an earlier train, bus, or plane to use it to continue their journey
connection to
::If this train gets delayed we'll miss our connection to Paris.
?ROAD/RAILWAY ETC?
[C] a road, railway etc that joins two places and allows people to travel between them
::Cheshunt has good rail connections to London.
?PEOPLE?
connections [plural] a) people who you know who can help you, especially because they are in positions of power
::connections in high places
::We have good connections in the advertising industry.
b) people who are related to you, but not very closely
::He is English, but has Irish connections.
::the network of family connections in Italy
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
have a connection (with/to something)
establish a connection (between two things) (=prove or discover a link)
make a connection (between two things) (=realize there is a link)
there is a connection (between two things)
see a connection (=realize there is a connection)
close/direct connection
causal connection (=when one thing causes the other)
tenuous/loose connection (=one that is not at all close)