connection

Noun

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
  • the joining of hands around the table
    
  • there was a connection via the internet
    

• shifting from one form of transportation to another
  • the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta
    

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• a connecting shape

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
  • conditioning is a form of learning by association
    

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
  • he has powerful connections
    

• an instrumentality that connects
  • he soldered the connection
    
  • he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers
    

• the state of being connected
  • the connection between church and state is inescapable
    

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
  • there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  joining , connexion , link , association , connector , connecter , connective , connectedness
• Antonyms: 
  disjunction , disjuncture , disconnection , disconnectedness , unconnectedness