connection, n.
(connections)
freq. cnt. 32
(connections)
freq. cnt. 32
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
<noun.relation> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14
connectedness connection connexion
sample sentences
"there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
semantic pointers
attribute
hypernym
hyponym
the state of being connected
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11
connectedness connection link
sample sentences
"the connection between church and state is inescapable"
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hyponym
an instrumentality that connects
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
connecter connection connective connector connexion
sample sentences
"he soldered the connection""he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
connection
sample sentences
"he has powerful connections"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
association connection connexion
sample sentences
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
<noun.act>
connection connexion joining
sample sentences
"the joining of hands around the table""there was a connection via the internet"
shifting from one form of transportation to another
<noun.act>
connection connexion
sample sentences
"the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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hypernym
a supplier (especially of narcotics)
<noun.person>
connection
a connecting shape
<noun.shape>
connection connexion link