Definition of connection in English:

connection

(British connexion)

noun kəˈnɛkʃ(ə)nkəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n

1A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.
the connections between social attitudes and productivity
sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, how do the lay employees of a religious institution view its connection with the sponsoring denomination or religious order?
- He wanted them to think about relationships and connections between everyday objects and sculptures, paintings, and architecture.
- It is only in Europe, moreover, that the connections between modernization and secularization are relatively strong.
- The relationships, the connections between the elements, are of meaning in quantum mechanics.
- The Roman province of Britain is a place in which these connections between culture and social relations can be seen with particular clarity, despite some inevitable gaps in our knowledge.
- It suggests a society, if not a nation, in which the connections between criminality and culture have become banal and where most have become inoculated against any indignation at the fact that those links exist.
- First, there are nodes and connections between them, called links.
- His father did the same for 20 years before that making their connection with radio one of the longest family associations in world broadcasting history.
- Ecofeminism is a movement that makes connections between environmentalism and feminism, and argues that patriarchal oppression destroys nature in the name of profit and progress.
- She explains that there are important connections between the decisions people make - such as the jobs they do or the products they buy - and the affect it has on other people around the world.
- It is necessary to think of the connections between technology and social relations - including any organizational structures - as a set of relationships.
- The quality of your life has a strong connection with how healthy your relationship with other people is.
- In parallel plotlines, the film follows their two lives - their friends, their girlfriends, their connection with art.
- The connections between items correlates with brain research that emphasizes connection-building to increase learning.
- To examine these relationships systematically, I have identified five types of connections between musicians and others.
- Recognizing this contradiction, it is nonetheless possible to see connections between the fantastical and realistic aspects of rap by analysing the role of fantasies in a subculture.
- The unifying link was that all of the artists had a connection with a small Quebec village called Saint-Juste-du-Lac.
- ‘Things’ are placed within the environments, and the viewer has to make the connections between the things, the illness and reality.
- This one-sided view of health also ignores what has been learnt about the broader social determinants of disease and the two-way connections between well-being and illness.
- Multiplicity is also more easily associated with hybridity and assemblages - but still concerned with connections between singularities.
Synonyms
link, relationship, relation, relatedness, interrelation, interrelatedness, interconnection, interdependence, association, attachment, bond, tie, tie-in, correspondence, parallel, analogy
bearing, relevance
1. 1.1mass noun The action of linking one thing with another.
  connection to the Internet
  Example sentencesExamples
  Therefore we sometimes order cables for connection of the computer and mobile telephone.
  Via USB connection to a host computer, it allows control of virtually every mixer parameter from your computer.
  This external communications interface may comprise applications and hardware for connection of the computer to either or both a computer network or the internet.
  The vibrator and its connection to the computer are described in detail in Appendix A.
  Subsequent connection to the computer after installation is also tricky.
  They also include a slot for a network card for connection to your home computer network.
  A network interface for connection of the computer system to a network can also be connected to packet switch bank 101.
2. 1.2mass noun The placing of parts of an electric circuit in contact so that a current may flow.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A solder ball is fused to the end of the conductors for connection of the connector to a circuit substrate.
  The invention relates to the field of housings for connection of circuit boards to mother boards mounted therein and in particular to housings having zero insertion force connectors.
  The terminal connector has at least a contact terminal for circuit connection on the circuit substrate.
  The at least two terminals include two current control terminals for connection at two locations in another circuit.
  A circuit switch model for determining switch and network transit delays for circuit connection set-up was developed.
3. 1.3 A link between electrical components or pipes.
  ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pulses from the weapon penetrate enemy bunkers through ventilation shafts and antennae, short-circuiting electrical connections and wrecking microchips.
  The bump array is configured to provide electrical connections to all possible integrated circuit contact patterns in the design set of integrated circuits.
  A second electrical conductor forms an electrical connection with the patient's body.
  The second output port is connected by a feedback connection to a predetermined dedicated second input port.
  Moments later, the power-lines lost their connections with the other power-lines, and the electricity ceased to exist.
  Flexible links for the fuel system, exhaust and all electrical connections will help to reduce noise and vibration transmission to the building structure.
  The whole top drops right onto the sub-frame where it's secured by 12 bolts and a couple of electrical connections, then the rest of the body panels are built up around it.
  Each power component provides connections between the power lines in the network cable and the ports of the fan-out device.
  It had stopped working, so he inspected electrical connections and prepared to downlink data from his last run, so biomedical engineers on the ground can try to track down the problem.
  They get their electricity from illegal connections and their water source is a broken pipe.
  Wherever there are electrical wires and connections there is the potential for shock and fire hazards.
  A method is described for producing an electrical connection between a plug element and a printed circuit board.
  Before working with wires or electrical connections, check them with a voltage tester to be sure they are dead.
  As the message passed into my hand, through the wires and electrical connections, into my sensory functions, I was flooded with images of this experience.
  The rectangular manifolds checked out, as she probed the divide that beautifully separated the two evenly, checking the wire housing and electrical connections.
  They are tasked with four basic objects - get a water connection, an electricity connection, a building certificate and a ration card.
  Check on the connections in the electrical system to ensure everything's in proper working condition.
  Check connections to the electrical system to prevent low voltage and lighting problems.
  Where utility pipes, vent pipes, exterior plumbing, and electrical or phone connections enter the house, caulk the separation.
  A plurality of bond wires make an electrical connection of the bond pads with the conductive trace layers.
  Synonyms
  attachment, joint, fastening, coupling
4. 1.4 A link between two telephones.
  she replaced the receiver before the connection was made
  Example sentencesExamples
  This must be a bad connection, Lewis.
  After an interminable stretch of dead air while the cellular connection went through and my bowels tied themselves in knots, the number rang.
  It is difficult to remember those were also the days when one had to wait for years to get a landline connection and mobile telephony was little thought of.
  George, there must be a bad connection.
  Her nerves buzzed like a bunch of crossed telephone connections.
5. 1.5 An arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc.
  ferry connections are sporadic in the low season
  Example sentencesExamples
  It showed they could make a bus connection to the night train through to London.
  Our staff do an excellent job of making sure passengers make their train connections.
  He says the increase in Australian visitors is due mainly to better airfares and more convenient aircraft connections in and out of Auckland.
  It is expected that film fans from neighbouring islands will take advantage of improved ferry connections to use the new facility.
  The invitation was by telephone and accompanied with information about train connections, arrival times, and assurance that she would put me up in her home.
  Despite these new train services, the bus connections from Menston station to Otley have not been added to the timetable, stranding passengers at Menston.
  Rather than let his guests wait for bus connections, he arranged for cabs for the group.
  Only mandatory train connections were running.
  Bus transfers will ferry people between Heuston and parts of Co Kildare for onward train connections.
  Amazingly, Scotland currently has no direct ferry connections to Europe.
  A train connection will transfer her to Moutiers, where a bus will bring her to Pralognan.
  The subway stopped and she gathered up her school bag, following Zara to the platform where they would catch their train connection.
  What of the passengers who were held out in the wilderness and who missed their flights to London and their train and bus connections?
  Hull and Immingham have ferry connections with northern Europe, through which many containers are brought in on trailers.
  Inevitably, after a couple of pints my carefully planned schedule of return train connections had collapsed, leaving me stranded alone at Reading in a frozen waiting room at four in the morning.
  Newbury has better train connections, and also a straight mile for races such as the Royal Hunt Cup and Queen Anne Stakes.
  These two are on the westerly island of Ouessant, which has a ferry connection from Le Conquet.
  They looked as though they would have to abandon their attempt earlier this week because of the lack of a ferry connection from Orkney to Shetland.
  On July 10, the tour begins with a flight from Dublin to Vienna, followed by a train connection to Passau to collect hired bikes.
  That is very important if you have to go to work or have onward train connections.
6. 1.6 A connecting train, bus, etc.
  we had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt
  Example sentencesExamples
  We wanted to get good seats on this train before the mainline connection from New York arrived.
  It also offers earlier connections to the Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Killarney, Letterkenny and Derry bus services.
  The Airline will commence daily flights into Bangalore from/to Seattle on October 31 offering direct connections via Amsterdam.
  Rail chiefs say the new section of track at Allington Junction, near Grantham, will improve rail reliability and offer better connections for local and long-distance services.
  The railroad though, wasn't co-operative - a late train meant a missed connection and by now, I was sure I wasn't meant to have a meal that day.
  So, whenever I was outside, between connections or waiting for a bus, I set about venting gas.
  It is cold and I am wasting time sitting at the bus station, waiting for my damn connection.
  We came through Bari, which involved long waits between connections and a lumbering run along the waterfront to the ferry in Patras, with wheeled case bouncing behind.
  Hong Kong, by contrast, offers connections to 131 international destinations but only 42 mainland cities.
  So, the French spy searched for the English spy on every train arriving with connections from the continent.
  I was trying to make a connection from one train to another to stay in a certain hostile.
  I stayed on the train past my connection and ended up at the south-western cemetery steps only a few minutes later.
  The price will depend on the fixed time of travel, connections with other trains, the quality of service, as well as other factors.
  Windermere train station has regular connections from Bolton.
7. 1.7connections People with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help.
  he had connections in the music industry
  Example sentencesExamples
  The second is that we have two sets of rules; one for the poor who lack social and political connections; another for the well-heeled who have clout.
  I keep coming back to the fact that a damaged half-mad woman was entrusted with the care of two small boys because she had the money and the connections to positively influence the adoption.
  Building local social connections and informal support is fundamental to preventing child abuse and neglect and to building resilience in children and vulnerable families.
  Now suppose that societal discrimination (including housing discrimination) influences social connections.
  Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favorable press for his clients.
  The villagers who support political parties and politicians act as their contacts within the village and to some extent derive their social standing from these connections.
  They had influence, power and connections… they wanted to be useful in some way.
  One becomes a government bureaucrat or politician and rises through the ranks by developing influential connections and getting help from personal networks.
  But this is something that the County Development Officer should be dealing with, using the influence and the political connections to stop the brain drain from the county.
  Superior to his two partners in social rank and inherited connections, he lacked their ability to organize support and their total dedication to the pursuit of power.
  We have heard, lastly, that the new fiction is fatally in love with journalism, that it wishes to flatten itself into a registry of facts, an index of social connections.
  First, they contacted an architect through social connections to redesign the park.
  Through the committee's connections they were able to find performers of a high standard who offered their services for a minimal fee.
  They expect a right of center president to nominate right of center judges some of whom will have connections with the only national organization of right of center lawyers.
  They are establishing professional learning habits and personal connections with other camp professionals that will serve them well the rest of their lives.
  Our results indicate that different types of social network connections can have opposing impacts on diffusion.
  It was only after the desperate father resorted to using his family connections and contacted the Prime Minister's office that a search for the missing student was launched.
  The College is an institution that opened its doors to those didn't have the financial resources or social connections necessary for admission to the Ivy League.
  ‘Prison wardens and other prisoners feared him because of his family connections and influence,’ he said.
  I was fortunate enough, through connections, to be able to land a nice job, nice salary, nice benefits, etc.
  Synonyms
  contact, friend, acquaintance, ally, colleague, associate, sponsor
  relation, relative, kindred, kin, kinsman, kinswoman
2North American informal A supplier of narcotics.
Example sentencesExamples
- He (her ex fiancé) was her drug connection so she returns for the love of Meth.
- The boy downstairs becomes her first love and her drug connection.
- She walks out of the house to meet her drug connection.
1. 2.1 A narcotics sale or purchase.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He always conscientiously fulfilled his responsibilities - even if his need to make a drug connection occasionally determined that he would miss a gig or arrive uncomfortably late.
  We found out she'd been expecting to make a drug connection earlier that afternoon.
3historical An association of Methodist Churches.
the primitive Methodists broke with the Wesleyan connection in 1810
Example sentencesExamples
- This Connection became the first ‘denomination’ to officially adopt an article of religion on sanctification.
- The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance.
- Authority in the church became more centralized, though the power of the laity at local level was greater than in other Methodist connexions.
- This led to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection in 1843 as a separate denomination.
- It may well be that the Methodist connections were the reason why this village has no pub.

Phrases

in connection with

With reference to; concerning.
detectives are questioning two men in connection with alleged criminal damage
Example sentencesExamples
- Three people have been questioned by police in connection with the demonstration.
- He had been appearing for a remand in custody hearing in connection with two burglaries.
- They were due to be questioned by police today in connection with the incident.
- It was not the first time that his name had been mentioned in connection with another team.
- That was the third time I had to phone the council last month, all in connection with our recycling box.
- In this section we shall address that question in connection with neo-realism.
- One man was questioned in connection with the incident, but was later released on bail.
- Two local youths have been arrested and questioned by officers in connection with the incident.
- The men were also arrested in connection with offences relating to illegal immigration.
- But something has just occurred to me in connection with what you have been saying.
Synonyms
regarding, concerning, with reference to, referring to, with regard to, with respect to, respecting, relating to, in relation to, on, touching on, dealing with, relevant to, with relevance to, in the context of, connected with, on the subject of, in the matter of, apropos, re

in this (or that) connection

With reference to this (or that)
the local Marine Surveyor should be able to assist in this connection
Example sentencesExamples
- It is preposterous to talk about freedom of speech in this connection; the case cannot be blown up into a great issue of civil liberties.
- Five people have been arrested in this connection.
- I have had over 200 papers published in the academic journals reporting research in that connection.
- Our view is that whatever changes are to be made in that connection should be made on a peaceful basis by both countries.
- Finally, and in that connection, the best bloggers will gain access to other vehicles through which to present more analytical pieces.
- The police has registered a case in this connection.
- The high rate of domestic ownership of pianos in nineteenth century Australia is a significant datum in this connection.
- The instance of the electric light may prove illuminating in this connection.
- Public lectures, exhibits, school programs, and competitions are among the activities being organised in this connection.
- Of course, it should be said in this connection that very few new developments happen in vernacular literature to be of interest to the new generation.

Derivatives

connectional

adjective

For three years, from 1989 to 1992, I was employed by the Methodist Church as the connexional field worker for what was at that time known as the Mission Alongside the Poor Programme.
Example sentencesExamples
- Talks now are proceeding on full communion with the United Methodist Church, which is connectional.
- New legislation became a necessity by mid 1948 because of plans to negotiate a North Atlantic defense treaty and furnish arms aid to strengthen the connectional defenses and the will to resist Communist expansion of the signatories.
- Second, they used it to describe another denomination with a connectional or episcopal system of church polity, such as ‘The Methodist Church’ or ‘The Presbyterian Church.’
- What turned the spiritual stirrings of the late 1730s among a small coterie into a widespread movement was Wesley's fusion of outdoor preaching, itinerant evangelism, and connectional organization.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin connexio(n-), from connectere (see connect). The spelling -ct (18th century) is from connect, on the pattern of pairs such as collect, collection.

Rhymes

abjection, affection, circumspection, collection, complexion, confection, convection, correction, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, genuflection, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, insurrection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, lection, misdirection, objection, perfection, predilection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, subjection, transection, vivisection

Definition of connection in US English:

connection

(British connexion)

nounkəˈnekSH(ə)nkəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n

1A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.
the connections between social attitudes and productivity
sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs
Example sentencesExamples
- In parallel plotlines, the film follows their two lives - their friends, their girlfriends, their connection with art.
- The unifying link was that all of the artists had a connection with a small Quebec village called Saint-Juste-du-Lac.
- The relationships, the connections between the elements, are of meaning in quantum mechanics.
- Recognizing this contradiction, it is nonetheless possible to see connections between the fantastical and realistic aspects of rap by analysing the role of fantasies in a subculture.
- His father did the same for 20 years before that making their connection with radio one of the longest family associations in world broadcasting history.
- ‘Things’ are placed within the environments, and the viewer has to make the connections between the things, the illness and reality.
- It is only in Europe, moreover, that the connections between modernization and secularization are relatively strong.
- She explains that there are important connections between the decisions people make - such as the jobs they do or the products they buy - and the affect it has on other people around the world.
- He wanted them to think about relationships and connections between everyday objects and sculptures, paintings, and architecture.
- The connections between items correlates with brain research that emphasizes connection-building to increase learning.
- Multiplicity is also more easily associated with hybridity and assemblages - but still concerned with connections between singularities.
- The quality of your life has a strong connection with how healthy your relationship with other people is.
- The Roman province of Britain is a place in which these connections between culture and social relations can be seen with particular clarity, despite some inevitable gaps in our knowledge.
- It suggests a society, if not a nation, in which the connections between criminality and culture have become banal and where most have become inoculated against any indignation at the fact that those links exist.
- It is necessary to think of the connections between technology and social relations - including any organizational structures - as a set of relationships.
- This one-sided view of health also ignores what has been learnt about the broader social determinants of disease and the two-way connections between well-being and illness.
- First, there are nodes and connections between them, called links.
- To examine these relationships systematically, I have identified five types of connections between musicians and others.
- Ecofeminism is a movement that makes connections between environmentalism and feminism, and argues that patriarchal oppression destroys nature in the name of profit and progress.
- Finally, how do the lay employees of a religious institution view its connection with the sponsoring denomination or religious order?
Synonyms
link, relationship, relation, relatedness, interrelation, interrelatedness, interconnection, interdependence, association, attachment, bond, tie, tie-in, correspondence, parallel, analogy
1. 1.1 The action of linking one thing with another.
  connection to the Internet
  Example sentencesExamples
  Subsequent connection to the computer after installation is also tricky.
  Therefore we sometimes order cables for connection of the computer and mobile telephone.
  A network interface for connection of the computer system to a network can also be connected to packet switch bank 101.
  Via USB connection to a host computer, it allows control of virtually every mixer parameter from your computer.
  They also include a slot for a network card for connection to your home computer network.
  This external communications interface may comprise applications and hardware for connection of the computer to either or both a computer network or the internet.
  The vibrator and its connection to the computer are described in detail in Appendix A.
2. 1.2 The placing of parts of an electric circuit in contact so that a current may flow.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The invention relates to the field of housings for connection of circuit boards to mother boards mounted therein and in particular to housings having zero insertion force connectors.
  A circuit switch model for determining switch and network transit delays for circuit connection set-up was developed.
  The at least two terminals include two current control terminals for connection at two locations in another circuit.
  A solder ball is fused to the end of the conductors for connection of the connector to a circuit substrate.
  The terminal connector has at least a contact terminal for circuit connection on the circuit substrate.
3. 1.3 A link between pipes or electrical components.
  it is important to ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made
  Example sentencesExamples
  The second output port is connected by a feedback connection to a predetermined dedicated second input port.
  Wherever there are electrical wires and connections there is the potential for shock and fire hazards.
  As the message passed into my hand, through the wires and electrical connections, into my sensory functions, I was flooded with images of this experience.
  A method is described for producing an electrical connection between a plug element and a printed circuit board.
  Check on the connections in the electrical system to ensure everything's in proper working condition.
  The whole top drops right onto the sub-frame where it's secured by 12 bolts and a couple of electrical connections, then the rest of the body panels are built up around it.
  A second electrical conductor forms an electrical connection with the patient's body.
  Pulses from the weapon penetrate enemy bunkers through ventilation shafts and antennae, short-circuiting electrical connections and wrecking microchips.
  Where utility pipes, vent pipes, exterior plumbing, and electrical or phone connections enter the house, caulk the separation.
  The bump array is configured to provide electrical connections to all possible integrated circuit contact patterns in the design set of integrated circuits.
  Each power component provides connections between the power lines in the network cable and the ports of the fan-out device.
  They are tasked with four basic objects - get a water connection, an electricity connection, a building certificate and a ration card.
  A plurality of bond wires make an electrical connection of the bond pads with the conductive trace layers.
  They get their electricity from illegal connections and their water source is a broken pipe.
  Check connections to the electrical system to prevent low voltage and lighting problems.
  Before working with wires or electrical connections, check them with a voltage tester to be sure they are dead.
  Moments later, the power-lines lost their connections with the other power-lines, and the electricity ceased to exist.
  The rectangular manifolds checked out, as she probed the divide that beautifully separated the two evenly, checking the wire housing and electrical connections.
  Flexible links for the fuel system, exhaust and all electrical connections will help to reduce noise and vibration transmission to the building structure.
  It had stopped working, so he inspected electrical connections and prepared to downlink data from his last run, so biomedical engineers on the ground can try to track down the problem.
  Synonyms
  attachment, joint, fastening, coupling
4. 1.4 A link between two telephones.
  she replaced the receiver before the connection was made
  Example sentencesExamples
  After an interminable stretch of dead air while the cellular connection went through and my bowels tied themselves in knots, the number rang.
  This must be a bad connection, Lewis.
  George, there must be a bad connection.
  Her nerves buzzed like a bunch of crossed telephone connections.
  It is difficult to remember those were also the days when one had to wait for years to get a landline connection and mobile telephony was little thought of.
5. 1.5 An arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc.
  ferry connections are sporadic in the off season
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our staff do an excellent job of making sure passengers make their train connections.
  A train connection will transfer her to Moutiers, where a bus will bring her to Pralognan.
  Rather than let his guests wait for bus connections, he arranged for cabs for the group.
  Bus transfers will ferry people between Heuston and parts of Co Kildare for onward train connections.
  The invitation was by telephone and accompanied with information about train connections, arrival times, and assurance that she would put me up in her home.
  They looked as though they would have to abandon their attempt earlier this week because of the lack of a ferry connection from Orkney to Shetland.
  That is very important if you have to go to work or have onward train connections.
  Amazingly, Scotland currently has no direct ferry connections to Europe.
  It is expected that film fans from neighbouring islands will take advantage of improved ferry connections to use the new facility.
  On July 10, the tour begins with a flight from Dublin to Vienna, followed by a train connection to Passau to collect hired bikes.
  Newbury has better train connections, and also a straight mile for races such as the Royal Hunt Cup and Queen Anne Stakes.
  Inevitably, after a couple of pints my carefully planned schedule of return train connections had collapsed, leaving me stranded alone at Reading in a frozen waiting room at four in the morning.
  Hull and Immingham have ferry connections with northern Europe, through which many containers are brought in on trailers.
  Despite these new train services, the bus connections from Menston station to Otley have not been added to the timetable, stranding passengers at Menston.
  He says the increase in Australian visitors is due mainly to better airfares and more convenient aircraft connections in and out of Auckland.
  It showed they could make a bus connection to the night train through to London.
  These two are on the westerly island of Ouessant, which has a ferry connection from Le Conquet.
  The subway stopped and she gathered up her school bag, following Zara to the platform where they would catch their train connection.
  Only mandatory train connections were running.
  What of the passengers who were held out in the wilderness and who missed their flights to London and their train and bus connections?
6. 1.6 A connecting train, bus, etc.
  we had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt
  Example sentencesExamples
  The price will depend on the fixed time of travel, connections with other trains, the quality of service, as well as other factors.
  So, whenever I was outside, between connections or waiting for a bus, I set about venting gas.
  Windermere train station has regular connections from Bolton.
  We wanted to get good seats on this train before the mainline connection from New York arrived.
  The railroad though, wasn't co-operative - a late train meant a missed connection and by now, I was sure I wasn't meant to have a meal that day.
  Rail chiefs say the new section of track at Allington Junction, near Grantham, will improve rail reliability and offer better connections for local and long-distance services.
  Hong Kong, by contrast, offers connections to 131 international destinations but only 42 mainland cities.
  It is cold and I am wasting time sitting at the bus station, waiting for my damn connection.
  I was trying to make a connection from one train to another to stay in a certain hostile.
  So, the French spy searched for the English spy on every train arriving with connections from the continent.
  I stayed on the train past my connection and ended up at the south-western cemetery steps only a few minutes later.
  We came through Bari, which involved long waits between connections and a lumbering run along the waterfront to the ferry in Patras, with wheeled case bouncing behind.
  The Airline will commence daily flights into Bangalore from/to Seattle on October 31 offering direct connections via Amsterdam.
  It also offers earlier connections to the Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Killarney, Letterkenny and Derry bus services.
7. 1.7connections People with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help.
  he had connections with the music industry
  Example sentencesExamples
  I keep coming back to the fact that a damaged half-mad woman was entrusted with the care of two small boys because she had the money and the connections to positively influence the adoption.
  They had influence, power and connections… they wanted to be useful in some way.
  ‘Prison wardens and other prisoners feared him because of his family connections and influence,’ he said.
  The second is that we have two sets of rules; one for the poor who lack social and political connections; another for the well-heeled who have clout.
  Superior to his two partners in social rank and inherited connections, he lacked their ability to organize support and their total dedication to the pursuit of power.
  They expect a right of center president to nominate right of center judges some of whom will have connections with the only national organization of right of center lawyers.
  First, they contacted an architect through social connections to redesign the park.
  Through the committee's connections they were able to find performers of a high standard who offered their services for a minimal fee.
  Our results indicate that different types of social network connections can have opposing impacts on diffusion.
  The villagers who support political parties and politicians act as their contacts within the village and to some extent derive their social standing from these connections.
  It was only after the desperate father resorted to using his family connections and contacted the Prime Minister's office that a search for the missing student was launched.
  But this is something that the County Development Officer should be dealing with, using the influence and the political connections to stop the brain drain from the county.
  Building local social connections and informal support is fundamental to preventing child abuse and neglect and to building resilience in children and vulnerable families.
  Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favorable press for his clients.
  We have heard, lastly, that the new fiction is fatally in love with journalism, that it wishes to flatten itself into a registry of facts, an index of social connections.
  I was fortunate enough, through connections, to be able to land a nice job, nice salary, nice benefits, etc.
  They are establishing professional learning habits and personal connections with other camp professionals that will serve them well the rest of their lives.
  One becomes a government bureaucrat or politician and rises through the ranks by developing influential connections and getting help from personal networks.
  The College is an institution that opened its doors to those didn't have the financial resources or social connections necessary for admission to the Ivy League.
  Now suppose that societal discrimination (including housing discrimination) influences social connections.
  Synonyms
  contact, friend, acquaintance, ally, colleague, associate, sponsor
2North American informal A supplier of narcotics.
she introduced Jean to a number of her male drug connections
Example sentencesExamples
- She walks out of the house to meet her drug connection.
- He (her ex fiancé) was her drug connection so she returns for the love of Meth.
- The boy downstairs becomes her first love and her drug connection.
1. 2.1 A narcotics sale or purchase.
  Example sentencesExamples
  We found out she'd been expecting to make a drug connection earlier that afternoon.
  He always conscientiously fulfilled his responsibilities - even if his need to make a drug connection occasionally determined that he would miss a gig or arrive uncomfortably late.
3historical An association of Methodist Churches.
Example sentencesExamples
- This Connection became the first ‘denomination’ to officially adopt an article of religion on sanctification.
- It may well be that the Methodist connections were the reason why this village has no pub.
- The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance.
- This led to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection in 1843 as a separate denomination.
- Authority in the church became more centralized, though the power of the laity at local level was greater than in other Methodist connexions.

Phrases

in connection with

With reference to; concerning.
detectives are questioning two men in connection with alleged criminal damage
Example sentencesExamples
- He had been appearing for a remand in custody hearing in connection with two burglaries.
- Three people have been questioned by police in connection with the demonstration.
- Two local youths have been arrested and questioned by officers in connection with the incident.
- That was the third time I had to phone the council last month, all in connection with our recycling box.
- One man was questioned in connection with the incident, but was later released on bail.
- They were due to be questioned by police today in connection with the incident.
- In this section we shall address that question in connection with neo-realism.
- But something has just occurred to me in connection with what you have been saying.
- The men were also arrested in connection with offences relating to illegal immigration.
- It was not the first time that his name had been mentioned in connection with another team.
Synonyms
regarding, concerning, with reference to, referring to, with regard to, with respect to, respecting, relating to, in relation to, on, touching on, dealing with, relevant to, with relevance to, in the context of, connected with, on the subject of, in the matter of, apropos, re

in this (or that) connection

With reference to this (or that)
of value in this connection was the work done by the state police
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, it should be said in this connection that very few new developments happen in vernacular literature to be of interest to the new generation.
- The police has registered a case in this connection.
- I have had over 200 papers published in the academic journals reporting research in that connection.
- Finally, and in that connection, the best bloggers will gain access to other vehicles through which to present more analytical pieces.
- The high rate of domestic ownership of pianos in nineteenth century Australia is a significant datum in this connection.
- Our view is that whatever changes are to be made in that connection should be made on a peaceful basis by both countries.
- Five people have been arrested in this connection.
- It is preposterous to talk about freedom of speech in this connection; the case cannot be blown up into a great issue of civil liberties.
- Public lectures, exhibits, school programs, and competitions are among the activities being organised in this connection.
- The instance of the electric light may prove illuminating in this connection.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin connexio(n-), from connectere (see connect). The spelling -ct (18th century) is from connect, on the pattern of pairs such as collect, collection.

单词	connection
释义	Definition of connection in English: connection (British connexion) noun kəˈnɛkʃ(ə)nkəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n 1A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else. the connections between social attitudes and productivity sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs Example sentencesExamples Finally, how do the lay employees of a religious institution view its connection with the sponsoring denomination or religious order? He wanted them to think about relationships and connections between everyday objects and sculptures, paintings, and architecture. It is only in Europe, moreover, that the connections between modernization and secularization are relatively strong. The relationships, the connections between the elements, are of meaning in quantum mechanics. The Roman province of Britain is a place in which these connections between culture and social relations can be seen with particular clarity, despite some inevitable gaps in our knowledge. It suggests a society, if not a nation, in which the connections between criminality and culture have become banal and where most have become inoculated against any indignation at the fact that those links exist. First, there are nodes and connections between them, called links. His father did the same for 20 years before that making their connection with radio one of the longest family associations in world broadcasting history. Ecofeminism is a movement that makes connections between environmentalism and feminism, and argues that patriarchal oppression destroys nature in the name of profit and progress. She explains that there are important connections between the decisions people make - such as the jobs they do or the products they buy - and the affect it has on other people around the world. It is necessary to think of the connections between technology and social relations - including any organizational structures - as a set of relationships. The quality of your life has a strong connection with how healthy your relationship with other people is. In parallel plotlines, the film follows their two lives - their friends, their girlfriends, their connection with art. The connections between items correlates with brain research that emphasizes connection-building to increase learning. To examine these relationships systematically, I have identified five types of connections between musicians and others. Recognizing this contradiction, it is nonetheless possible to see connections between the fantastical and realistic aspects of rap by analysing the role of fantasies in a subculture. The unifying link was that all of the artists had a connection with a small Quebec village called Saint-Juste-du-Lac. ‘Things’ are placed within the environments, and the viewer has to make the connections between the things, the illness and reality. This one-sided view of health also ignores what has been learnt about the broader social determinants of disease and the two-way connections between well-being and illness. Multiplicity is also more easily associated with hybridity and assemblages - but still concerned with connections between singularities. Synonyms link, relationship, relation, relatedness, interrelation, interrelatedness, interconnection, interdependence, association, attachment, bond, tie, tie-in, correspondence, parallel, analogy bearing, relevance 1.1mass noun The action of linking one thing with another. connection to the Internet Example sentencesExamples Therefore we sometimes order cables for connection of the computer and mobile telephone. Via USB connection to a host computer, it allows control of virtually every mixer parameter from your computer. This external communications interface may comprise applications and hardware for connection of the computer to either or both a computer network or the internet. The vibrator and its connection to the computer are described in detail in Appendix A. Subsequent connection to the computer after installation is also tricky. They also include a slot for a network card for connection to your home computer network. A network interface for connection of the computer system to a network can also be connected to packet switch bank 101. 1.2mass noun The placing of parts of an electric circuit in contact so that a current may flow. Example sentencesExamples A solder ball is fused to the end of the conductors for connection of the connector to a circuit substrate. The invention relates to the field of housings for connection of circuit boards to mother boards mounted therein and in particular to housings having zero insertion force connectors. The terminal connector has at least a contact terminal for circuit connection on the circuit substrate. The at least two terminals include two current control terminals for connection at two locations in another circuit. A circuit switch model for determining switch and network transit delays for circuit connection set-up was developed. 1.3 A link between electrical components or pipes. ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made Example sentencesExamples Pulses from the weapon penetrate enemy bunkers through ventilation shafts and antennae, short-circuiting electrical connections and wrecking microchips. The bump array is configured to provide electrical connections to all possible integrated circuit contact patterns in the design set of integrated circuits. A second electrical conductor forms an electrical connection with the patient's body. The second output port is connected by a feedback connection to a predetermined dedicated second input port. Moments later, the power-lines lost their connections with the other power-lines, and the electricity ceased to exist. Flexible links for the fuel system, exhaust and all electrical connections will help to reduce noise and vibration transmission to the building structure. The whole top drops right onto the sub-frame where it's secured by 12 bolts and a couple of electrical connections, then the rest of the body panels are built up around it. Each power component provides connections between the power lines in the network cable and the ports of the fan-out device. It had stopped working, so he inspected electrical connections and prepared to downlink data from his last run, so biomedical engineers on the ground can try to track down the problem. They get their electricity from illegal connections and their water source is a broken pipe. Wherever there are electrical wires and connections there is the potential for shock and fire hazards. A method is described for producing an electrical connection between a plug element and a printed circuit board. Before working with wires or electrical connections, check them with a voltage tester to be sure they are dead. As the message passed into my hand, through the wires and electrical connections, into my sensory functions, I was flooded with images of this experience. The rectangular manifolds checked out, as she probed the divide that beautifully separated the two evenly, checking the wire housing and electrical connections. They are tasked with four basic objects - get a water connection, an electricity connection, a building certificate and a ration card. Check on the connections in the electrical system to ensure everything's in proper working condition. Check connections to the electrical system to prevent low voltage and lighting problems. Where utility pipes, vent pipes, exterior plumbing, and electrical or phone connections enter the house, caulk the separation. A plurality of bond wires make an electrical connection of the bond pads with the conductive trace layers. Synonyms attachment, joint, fastening, coupling 1.4 A link between two telephones. she replaced the receiver before the connection was made Example sentencesExamples This must be a bad connection, Lewis. After an interminable stretch of dead air while the cellular connection went through and my bowels tied themselves in knots, the number rang. It is difficult to remember those were also the days when one had to wait for years to get a landline connection and mobile telephony was little thought of. George, there must be a bad connection. Her nerves buzzed like a bunch of crossed telephone connections. 1.5 An arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc. ferry connections are sporadic in the low season Example sentencesExamples It showed they could make a bus connection to the night train through to London. Our staff do an excellent job of making sure passengers make their train connections. He says the increase in Australian visitors is due mainly to better airfares and more convenient aircraft connections in and out of Auckland. It is expected that film fans from neighbouring islands will take advantage of improved ferry connections to use the new facility. The invitation was by telephone and accompanied with information about train connections, arrival times, and assurance that she would put me up in her home. Despite these new train services, the bus connections from Menston station to Otley have not been added to the timetable, stranding passengers at Menston. Rather than let his guests wait for bus connections, he arranged for cabs for the group. Only mandatory train connections were running. Bus transfers will ferry people between Heuston and parts of Co Kildare for onward train connections. Amazingly, Scotland currently has no direct ferry connections to Europe. A train connection will transfer her to Moutiers, where a bus will bring her to Pralognan. The subway stopped and she gathered up her school bag, following Zara to the platform where they would catch their train connection. What of the passengers who were held out in the wilderness and who missed their flights to London and their train and bus connections? Hull and Immingham have ferry connections with northern Europe, through which many containers are brought in on trailers. Inevitably, after a couple of pints my carefully planned schedule of return train connections had collapsed, leaving me stranded alone at Reading in a frozen waiting room at four in the morning. Newbury has better train connections, and also a straight mile for races such as the Royal Hunt Cup and Queen Anne Stakes. These two are on the westerly island of Ouessant, which has a ferry connection from Le Conquet. They looked as though they would have to abandon their attempt earlier this week because of the lack of a ferry connection from Orkney to Shetland. On July 10, the tour begins with a flight from Dublin to Vienna, followed by a train connection to Passau to collect hired bikes. That is very important if you have to go to work or have onward train connections. 1.6 A connecting train, bus, etc. we had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt Example sentencesExamples We wanted to get good seats on this train before the mainline connection from New York arrived. It also offers earlier connections to the Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Killarney, Letterkenny and Derry bus services. The Airline will commence daily flights into Bangalore from/to Seattle on October 31 offering direct connections via Amsterdam. Rail chiefs say the new section of track at Allington Junction, near Grantham, will improve rail reliability and offer better connections for local and long-distance services. The railroad though, wasn't co-operative - a late train meant a missed connection and by now, I was sure I wasn't meant to have a meal that day. So, whenever I was outside, between connections or waiting for a bus, I set about venting gas. It is cold and I am wasting time sitting at the bus station, waiting for my damn connection. We came through Bari, which involved long waits between connections and a lumbering run along the waterfront to the ferry in Patras, with wheeled case bouncing behind. Hong Kong, by contrast, offers connections to 131 international destinations but only 42 mainland cities. So, the French spy searched for the English spy on every train arriving with connections from the continent. I was trying to make a connection from one train to another to stay in a certain hostile. I stayed on the train past my connection and ended up at the south-western cemetery steps only a few minutes later. The price will depend on the fixed time of travel, connections with other trains, the quality of service, as well as other factors. Windermere train station has regular connections from Bolton. 1.7connections People with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help. he had connections in the music industry Example sentencesExamples The second is that we have two sets of rules; one for the poor who lack social and political connections; another for the well-heeled who have clout. I keep coming back to the fact that a damaged half-mad woman was entrusted with the care of two small boys because she had the money and the connections to positively influence the adoption. Building local social connections and informal support is fundamental to preventing child abuse and neglect and to building resilience in children and vulnerable families. Now suppose that societal discrimination (including housing discrimination) influences social connections. Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favorable press for his clients. The villagers who support political parties and politicians act as their contacts within the village and to some extent derive their social standing from these connections. They had influence, power and connections… they wanted to be useful in some way. One becomes a government bureaucrat or politician and rises through the ranks by developing influential connections and getting help from personal networks. But this is something that the County Development Officer should be dealing with, using the influence and the political connections to stop the brain drain from the county. Superior to his two partners in social rank and inherited connections, he lacked their ability to organize support and their total dedication to the pursuit of power. We have heard, lastly, that the new fiction is fatally in love with journalism, that it wishes to flatten itself into a registry of facts, an index of social connections. First, they contacted an architect through social connections to redesign the park. Through the committee's connections they were able to find performers of a high standard who offered their services for a minimal fee. They expect a right of center president to nominate right of center judges some of whom will have connections with the only national organization of right of center lawyers. They are establishing professional learning habits and personal connections with other camp professionals that will serve them well the rest of their lives. Our results indicate that different types of social network connections can have opposing impacts on diffusion. It was only after the desperate father resorted to using his family connections and contacted the Prime Minister's office that a search for the missing student was launched. The College is an institution that opened its doors to those didn't have the financial resources or social connections necessary for admission to the Ivy League. ‘Prison wardens and other prisoners feared him because of his family connections and influence,’ he said. I was fortunate enough, through connections, to be able to land a nice job, nice salary, nice benefits, etc. Synonyms contact, friend, acquaintance, ally, colleague, associate, sponsor relation, relative, kindred, kin, kinsman, kinswoman 2North American informal A supplier of narcotics. Example sentencesExamples He (her ex fiancé) was her drug connection so she returns for the love of Meth. The boy downstairs becomes her first love and her drug connection. She walks out of the house to meet her drug connection. 2.1 A narcotics sale or purchase. Example sentencesExamples He always conscientiously fulfilled his responsibilities - even if his need to make a drug connection occasionally determined that he would miss a gig or arrive uncomfortably late. We found out she'd been expecting to make a drug connection earlier that afternoon. 3historical An association of Methodist Churches. the primitive Methodists broke with the Wesleyan connection in 1810 Example sentencesExamples This Connection became the first ‘denomination’ to officially adopt an article of religion on sanctification. The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance. Authority in the church became more centralized, though the power of the laity at local level was greater than in other Methodist connexions. This led to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection in 1843 as a separate denomination. It may well be that the Methodist connections were the reason why this village has no pub. Phrases in connection with With reference to; concerning. detectives are questioning two men in connection with alleged criminal damage Example sentencesExamples Three people have been questioned by police in connection with the demonstration. He had been appearing for a remand in custody hearing in connection with two burglaries. They were due to be questioned by police today in connection with the incident. It was not the first time that his name had been mentioned in connection with another team. That was the third time I had to phone the council last month, all in connection with our recycling box. In this section we shall address that question in connection with neo-realism. One man was questioned in connection with the incident, but was later released on bail. Two local youths have been arrested and questioned by officers in connection with the incident. The men were also arrested in connection with offences relating to illegal immigration. But something has just occurred to me in connection with what you have been saying. Synonyms regarding, concerning, with reference to, referring to, with regard to, with respect to, respecting, relating to, in relation to, on, touching on, dealing with, relevant to, with relevance to, in the context of, connected with, on the subject of, in the matter of, apropos, re in this (or that) connection With reference to this (or that) the local Marine Surveyor should be able to assist in this connection Example sentencesExamples It is preposterous to talk about freedom of speech in this connection; the case cannot be blown up into a great issue of civil liberties. Five people have been arrested in this connection. I have had over 200 papers published in the academic journals reporting research in that connection. Our view is that whatever changes are to be made in that connection should be made on a peaceful basis by both countries. Finally, and in that connection, the best bloggers will gain access to other vehicles through which to present more analytical pieces. The police has registered a case in this connection. The high rate of domestic ownership of pianos in nineteenth century Australia is a significant datum in this connection. The instance of the electric light may prove illuminating in this connection. Public lectures, exhibits, school programs, and competitions are among the activities being organised in this connection. Of course, it should be said in this connection that very few new developments happen in vernacular literature to be of interest to the new generation. Derivatives connectional adjective For three years, from 1989 to 1992, I was employed by the Methodist Church as the connexional field worker for what was at that time known as the Mission Alongside the Poor Programme. Example sentencesExamples Talks now are proceeding on full communion with the United Methodist Church, which is connectional. New legislation became a necessity by mid 1948 because of plans to negotiate a North Atlantic defense treaty and furnish arms aid to strengthen the connectional defenses and the will to resist Communist expansion of the signatories. Second, they used it to describe another denomination with a connectional or episcopal system of church polity, such as ‘The Methodist Church’ or ‘The Presbyterian Church.’ What turned the spiritual stirrings of the late 1730s among a small coterie into a widespread movement was Wesley's fusion of outdoor preaching, itinerant evangelism, and connectional organization. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin connexio(n-), from connectere (see connect). The spelling -ct (18th century) is from connect, on the pattern of pairs such as collect, collection. Rhymes abjection, affection, circumspection, collection, complexion, confection, convection, correction, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, genuflection, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, insurrection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, lection, misdirection, objection, perfection, predilection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, subjection, transection, vivisection noun.1 phr. Definition of connection in US English: connection (British connexion) nounkəˈnekSH(ə)nkəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n 1A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else. the connections between social attitudes and productivity sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs Example sentencesExamples In parallel plotlines, the film follows their two lives - their friends, their girlfriends, their connection with art. The unifying link was that all of the artists had a connection with a small Quebec village called Saint-Juste-du-Lac. The relationships, the connections between the elements, are of meaning in quantum mechanics. Recognizing this contradiction, it is nonetheless possible to see connections between the fantastical and realistic aspects of rap by analysing the role of fantasies in a subculture. His father did the same for 20 years before that making their connection with radio one of the longest family associations in world broadcasting history. ‘Things’ are placed within the environments, and the viewer has to make the connections between the things, the illness and reality. It is only in Europe, moreover, that the connections between modernization and secularization are relatively strong. She explains that there are important connections between the decisions people make - such as the jobs they do or the products they buy - and the affect it has on other people around the world. He wanted them to think about relationships and connections between everyday objects and sculptures, paintings, and architecture. The connections between items correlates with brain research that emphasizes connection-building to increase learning. Multiplicity is also more easily associated with hybridity and assemblages - but still concerned with connections between singularities. The quality of your life has a strong connection with how healthy your relationship with other people is. The Roman province of Britain is a place in which these connections between culture and social relations can be seen with particular clarity, despite some inevitable gaps in our knowledge. It suggests a society, if not a nation, in which the connections between criminality and culture have become banal and where most have become inoculated against any indignation at the fact that those links exist. It is necessary to think of the connections between technology and social relations - including any organizational structures - as a set of relationships. This one-sided view of health also ignores what has been learnt about the broader social determinants of disease and the two-way connections between well-being and illness. First, there are nodes and connections between them, called links. To examine these relationships systematically, I have identified five types of connections between musicians and others. Ecofeminism is a movement that makes connections between environmentalism and feminism, and argues that patriarchal oppression destroys nature in the name of profit and progress. Finally, how do the lay employees of a religious institution view its connection with the sponsoring denomination or religious order? Synonyms link, relationship, relation, relatedness, interrelation, interrelatedness, interconnection, interdependence, association, attachment, bond, tie, tie-in, correspondence, parallel, analogy 1.1 The action of linking one thing with another. connection to the Internet Example sentencesExamples Subsequent connection to the computer after installation is also tricky. Therefore we sometimes order cables for connection of the computer and mobile telephone. A network interface for connection of the computer system to a network can also be connected to packet switch bank 101. Via USB connection to a host computer, it allows control of virtually every mixer parameter from your computer. They also include a slot for a network card for connection to your home computer network. This external communications interface may comprise applications and hardware for connection of the computer to either or both a computer network or the internet. The vibrator and its connection to the computer are described in detail in Appendix A. 1.2 The placing of parts of an electric circuit in contact so that a current may flow. Example sentencesExamples The invention relates to the field of housings for connection of circuit boards to mother boards mounted therein and in particular to housings having zero insertion force connectors. A circuit switch model for determining switch and network transit delays for circuit connection set-up was developed. The at least two terminals include two current control terminals for connection at two locations in another circuit. A solder ball is fused to the end of the conductors for connection of the connector to a circuit substrate. The terminal connector has at least a contact terminal for circuit connection on the circuit substrate. 1.3 A link between pipes or electrical components. it is important to ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made Example sentencesExamples The second output port is connected by a feedback connection to a predetermined dedicated second input port. Wherever there are electrical wires and connections there is the potential for shock and fire hazards. As the message passed into my hand, through the wires and electrical connections, into my sensory functions, I was flooded with images of this experience. A method is described for producing an electrical connection between a plug element and a printed circuit board. Check on the connections in the electrical system to ensure everything's in proper working condition. The whole top drops right onto the sub-frame where it's secured by 12 bolts and a couple of electrical connections, then the rest of the body panels are built up around it. A second electrical conductor forms an electrical connection with the patient's body. Pulses from the weapon penetrate enemy bunkers through ventilation shafts and antennae, short-circuiting electrical connections and wrecking microchips. Where utility pipes, vent pipes, exterior plumbing, and electrical or phone connections enter the house, caulk the separation. The bump array is configured to provide electrical connections to all possible integrated circuit contact patterns in the design set of integrated circuits. Each power component provides connections between the power lines in the network cable and the ports of the fan-out device. They are tasked with four basic objects - get a water connection, an electricity connection, a building certificate and a ration card. A plurality of bond wires make an electrical connection of the bond pads with the conductive trace layers. They get their electricity from illegal connections and their water source is a broken pipe. Check connections to the electrical system to prevent low voltage and lighting problems. Before working with wires or electrical connections, check them with a voltage tester to be sure they are dead. Moments later, the power-lines lost their connections with the other power-lines, and the electricity ceased to exist. The rectangular manifolds checked out, as she probed the divide that beautifully separated the two evenly, checking the wire housing and electrical connections. Flexible links for the fuel system, exhaust and all electrical connections will help to reduce noise and vibration transmission to the building structure. It had stopped working, so he inspected electrical connections and prepared to downlink data from his last run, so biomedical engineers on the ground can try to track down the problem. Synonyms attachment, joint, fastening, coupling 1.4 A link between two telephones. she replaced the receiver before the connection was made Example sentencesExamples After an interminable stretch of dead air while the cellular connection went through and my bowels tied themselves in knots, the number rang. This must be a bad connection, Lewis. George, there must be a bad connection. Her nerves buzzed like a bunch of crossed telephone connections. It is difficult to remember those were also the days when one had to wait for years to get a landline connection and mobile telephony was little thought of. 1.5 An arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc. ferry connections are sporadic in the off season Example sentencesExamples Our staff do an excellent job of making sure passengers make their train connections. A train connection will transfer her to Moutiers, where a bus will bring her to Pralognan. Rather than let his guests wait for bus connections, he arranged for cabs for the group. Bus transfers will ferry people between Heuston and parts of Co Kildare for onward train connections. The invitation was by telephone and accompanied with information about train connections, arrival times, and assurance that she would put me up in her home. They looked as though they would have to abandon their attempt earlier this week because of the lack of a ferry connection from Orkney to Shetland. That is very important if you have to go to work or have onward train connections. Amazingly, Scotland currently has no direct ferry connections to Europe. It is expected that film fans from neighbouring islands will take advantage of improved ferry connections to use the new facility. On July 10, the tour begins with a flight from Dublin to Vienna, followed by a train connection to Passau to collect hired bikes. Newbury has better train connections, and also a straight mile for races such as the Royal Hunt Cup and Queen Anne Stakes. Inevitably, after a couple of pints my carefully planned schedule of return train connections had collapsed, leaving me stranded alone at Reading in a frozen waiting room at four in the morning. Hull and Immingham have ferry connections with northern Europe, through which many containers are brought in on trailers. Despite these new train services, the bus connections from Menston station to Otley have not been added to the timetable, stranding passengers at Menston. He says the increase in Australian visitors is due mainly to better airfares and more convenient aircraft connections in and out of Auckland. It showed they could make a bus connection to the night train through to London. These two are on the westerly island of Ouessant, which has a ferry connection from Le Conquet. The subway stopped and she gathered up her school bag, following Zara to the platform where they would catch their train connection. Only mandatory train connections were running. What of the passengers who were held out in the wilderness and who missed their flights to London and their train and bus connections? 1.6 A connecting train, bus, etc. we had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt Example sentencesExamples The price will depend on the fixed time of travel, connections with other trains, the quality of service, as well as other factors. So, whenever I was outside, between connections or waiting for a bus, I set about venting gas. Windermere train station has regular connections from Bolton. We wanted to get good seats on this train before the mainline connection from New York arrived. The railroad though, wasn't co-operative - a late train meant a missed connection and by now, I was sure I wasn't meant to have a meal that day. Rail chiefs say the new section of track at Allington Junction, near Grantham, will improve rail reliability and offer better connections for local and long-distance services. Hong Kong, by contrast, offers connections to 131 international destinations but only 42 mainland cities. It is cold and I am wasting time sitting at the bus station, waiting for my damn connection. I was trying to make a connection from one train to another to stay in a certain hostile. So, the French spy searched for the English spy on every train arriving with connections from the continent. I stayed on the train past my connection and ended up at the south-western cemetery steps only a few minutes later. We came through Bari, which involved long waits between connections and a lumbering run along the waterfront to the ferry in Patras, with wheeled case bouncing behind. The Airline will commence daily flights into Bangalore from/to Seattle on October 31 offering direct connections via Amsterdam. It also offers earlier connections to the Galway, Limerick, Cork, Tralee, Killarney, Letterkenny and Derry bus services. 1.7connections People with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help. he had connections with the music industry Example sentencesExamples I keep coming back to the fact that a damaged half-mad woman was entrusted with the care of two small boys because she had the money and the connections to positively influence the adoption. They had influence, power and connections… they wanted to be useful in some way. ‘Prison wardens and other prisoners feared him because of his family connections and influence,’ he said. The second is that we have two sets of rules; one for the poor who lack social and political connections; another for the well-heeled who have clout. Superior to his two partners in social rank and inherited connections, he lacked their ability to organize support and their total dedication to the pursuit of power. They expect a right of center president to nominate right of center judges some of whom will have connections with the only national organization of right of center lawyers. First, they contacted an architect through social connections to redesign the park. Through the committee's connections they were able to find performers of a high standard who offered their services for a minimal fee. Our results indicate that different types of social network connections can have opposing impacts on diffusion. The villagers who support political parties and politicians act as their contacts within the village and to some extent derive their social standing from these connections. It was only after the desperate father resorted to using his family connections and contacted the Prime Minister's office that a search for the missing student was launched. But this is something that the County Development Officer should be dealing with, using the influence and the political connections to stop the brain drain from the county. Building local social connections and informal support is fundamental to preventing child abuse and neglect and to building resilience in children and vulnerable families. Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favorable press for his clients. We have heard, lastly, that the new fiction is fatally in love with journalism, that it wishes to flatten itself into a registry of facts, an index of social connections. I was fortunate enough, through connections, to be able to land a nice job, nice salary, nice benefits, etc. They are establishing professional learning habits and personal connections with other camp professionals that will serve them well the rest of their lives. One becomes a government bureaucrat or politician and rises through the ranks by developing influential connections and getting help from personal networks. The College is an institution that opened its doors to those didn't have the financial resources or social connections necessary for admission to the Ivy League. Now suppose that societal discrimination (including housing discrimination) influences social connections. Synonyms contact, friend, acquaintance, ally, colleague, associate, sponsor 2North American informal A supplier of narcotics. she introduced Jean to a number of her male drug connections Example sentencesExamples She walks out of the house to meet her drug connection. He (her ex fiancé) was her drug connection so she returns for the love of Meth. The boy downstairs becomes her first love and her drug connection. 2.1 A narcotics sale or purchase. Example sentencesExamples We found out she'd been expecting to make a drug connection earlier that afternoon. He always conscientiously fulfilled his responsibilities - even if his need to make a drug connection occasionally determined that he would miss a gig or arrive uncomfortably late. 3historical An association of Methodist Churches. Example sentencesExamples This Connection became the first ‘denomination’ to officially adopt an article of religion on sanctification. It may well be that the Methodist connections were the reason why this village has no pub. The many facets and connections of Wesleyan Methodism make it difficult to generalize about its importance. This led to the formation of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection in 1843 as a separate denomination. Authority in the church became more centralized, though the power of the laity at local level was greater than in other Methodist connexions. Phrases in connection with With reference to; concerning. detectives are questioning two men in connection with alleged criminal damage Example sentencesExamples He had been appearing for a remand in custody hearing in connection with two burglaries. Three people have been questioned by police in connection with the demonstration. Two local youths have been arrested and questioned by officers in connection with the incident. That was the third time I had to phone the council last month, all in connection with our recycling box. One man was questioned in connection with the incident, but was later released on bail. They were due to be questioned by police today in connection with the incident. In this section we shall address that question in connection with neo-realism. But something has just occurred to me in connection with what you have been saying. The men were also arrested in connection with offences relating to illegal immigration. It was not the first time that his name had been mentioned in connection with another team. Synonyms regarding, concerning, with reference to, referring to, with regard to, with respect to, respecting, relating to, in relation to, on, touching on, dealing with, relevant to, with relevance to, in the context of, connected with, on the subject of, in the matter of, apropos, re in this (or that) connection With reference to this (or that) of value in this connection was the work done by the state police Example sentencesExamples Of course, it should be said in this connection that very few new developments happen in vernacular literature to be of interest to the new generation. The police has registered a case in this connection. I have had over 200 papers published in the academic journals reporting research in that connection. Finally, and in that connection, the best bloggers will gain access to other vehicles through which to present more analytical pieces. The high rate of domestic ownership of pianos in nineteenth century Australia is a significant datum in this connection. Our view is that whatever changes are to be made in that connection should be made on a peaceful basis by both countries. Five people have been arrested in this connection. It is preposterous to talk about freedom of speech in this connection; the case cannot be blown up into a great issue of civil liberties. Public lectures, exhibits, school programs, and competitions are among the activities being organised in this connection. The instance of the electric light may prove illuminating in this connection. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin connexio(n-), from connectere (see connect). The spelling -ct (18th century) is from connect, on the pattern of pairs such as collect, collection. noun.1 phr.
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