connection

connection
I (abutment) noun abuttal, border, contact, contiguousness, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, tangency, union II (fastening) noun attachment, binder, bond, bridge, catch, catenation, cohesion, combination, concatenation, conjunction, consolidation, copula, couple, fastener, hitch, holdfast, interconnection, joiner, joint, junction, juncture, knot, liaison, ligature, link, linkage, nexus, splice, tie, unifier, union III (relation) noun affiliation, alliance, analogy, applicability, application, association, bearing, coalition, coherence, coherency, common denominator, common reference, consanguinity, consociation, correlation, identification, interrelation, kinship, league, liaison, link, linkage, match, parallel, pertinence, propinquity, rapport, reference, relatedness, relationship, relevance, tie associated concepts: connection between a suspect and a crime IV index adhesion (affixing), adjoiner, affiliation (connectedness), affinity (family ties), ancestry, attachment (act of affixing), attribution, chain (nexus), coalescence, coalition, coherence, conjunction, contact (association), contact (touching), context, continuity, degree (kinship), go-between, implication (incriminating involvement), intermediary, intersection, joinder, kinship, liaison, nexus, partnership, privity, propinquity (kinship), relative, relevance, union (unity)

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  • Connection — Con*nec tion, n. [Cf. {Connexion}.] 1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • connection — con‧nec‧tion [kəˈnekʆn] also connexion noun 1. [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS something that joins you to a system, for example the telephone network or the Internet: • Do you have a broadband connection? …   Financial and business terms

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  • Connection e.V. — Connection e. V. ist ein deutscher Verein mit Sitz in Offenbach am Main, der Deserteure unterstützt. Die Mitglieder stehen der Friedensbewegung nahe und sind ehrenamtlich tätig. Der Verein unterstützte mehrere tausend Deserteure bei der Asylsuche …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • connection — (Brit. also connexion) ► NOUN 1) a link or relationship. 2) the action of connecting. 3) (connections) influential people with whom one has contact or to whom one is related. 4) an opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, etc. ● …   English terms dictionary

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  • Connection — e. V. ist ein deutscher Verein mit Sitz in Offenbach am Main, der Deserteure unterstützt. Die Mitglieder stehen der Friedensbewegung nahe und sind ehrenamtlich tätig. Der Verein unterstützte zunächst mehrere tausend Deserteure bei der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Connection — «Connection» Canción de The Rolling Stones Álbum Between the Buttons Publicación …   Wikipedia Español

  • connection — is now the dominant spelling, although connexion (preferred by Fowler) will be found in older printing styles. Fowler also wrote at length against what he regarded as the excessive use of in connection with, which he castigated as ‘a formula that …   Modern English usage

  • connection — [n1] person who aids another in achieving goal acquaintance, agent, ally, associate, association, contact, friend, gobetween, intermediary, kin, kindred, kinship, mentor, messenger, network, reciprocity, relation, relative, sponsor; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • connection — [kə nek′shən] n. [ME conneccioun < L connexio < connexus, pp. of connectere: see CONNECT] 1. a joining or being joined; coupling; union 2. a part or thing that joins; means of joining 3. a relationship; association; specif., a) the relation …   English World dictionary

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