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1【relationship】2【joining】3 in connection with something4【electrical wire】5【train/flight etc】6【road/railway etc】7【people】
【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
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linkconnection 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 £25 connection charge (=money you pay to be connected to a service such as telephones, electricity etc) .in connection with sthconcerning 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
COLLOCATES for sense 1have 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 connectioncausal connection (=when one thing causes the other)
tenuous/loose connection (=one that is not at all close)