Connection

Quick meaning: Connection is a noun meaning (uncountable) The act of connecting.

Meaning

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

More Meanings

1. The point at which two or more things are connected.
2. A physical link between two things or places.
3. A relationship or association.
4. A person or persons related to oneself, through either family or business.
5. (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
6. (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.

Example Sentences

I have some connections in Lancashire.

the leak formed at the connection of the pipe and the boiler

the isthmus of Panama is the connection between North and South America

Forster employs personal relations to emphasize the importance of connection and mutual understanding

Word Forms

• connections
• connexion

Synonyms for connection

Depending on context, synonyms include bond, connective, connexive, link, vinculum, association.

Antonyms for connection

Common opposites include disjunction, disconnection, disjuncture, disconnectedness, unconnectedness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include connexion, connectedness, connective, joining, connector, link.

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