• noun:   shifting from one form of transportation to another

  Example: "The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

• noun:   an instrumentality that connects

  Example: "He soldered the connection"

• noun:   a supplier (especially of narcotics)
• noun:   (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

  Example: "He has powerful connections"

• noun:   a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

  Example: "There was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

• noun:   a connecting shape
• noun:   the state of being connected

  Example: "The connection between church and state is inescapable"

• noun:   the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

  Example: "There was a connection via the internet"

• noun:   the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

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