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Webster 1913 Edition

Connection

Con-nec′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Connexion
.]
1.
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union;
as, the
connection
between church and state is inescapable; the
connection
of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter
.

Syn. – link, connectedness.
2.
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known
connection
between cause and effect.
Whewell.
The eternal and inseparable
connection
between virtue and happiness.
Atterbury.
Any sort of
connection
which is perceived or imagined between two or more things.
I. Taylor.
4.
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; – used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
4.
The persons or things that are connected;
as, a business
connection
; the Methodist
connection
.
Men elevated by powerful
connection
.
Motley.
At the head of a strong parliamentary
connection
.
Macaulay.
Whose names, forces,
connections
, and characters were perfectly known to him.
Macaulay.
In this connection
,
in connection with this subject.
[A phrase objected to by some writers.]
Syn. – Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.

Webster 1828 Edition

Connection

CONNECTION

,
Noun.
[L. See Connect.] The act of joining or state of being joined; a state of being knit or fastened together; union by junction, by an intervening substance or medium, by dependence or relation, or by order in a series; a word of very general import. There is a connection of links in a chain; a connection between all parts of the human body; a connection between virtue and happiness, and between this life and the future; a connection between parent and child, master and servant, husband and wife; between motives and actions, and between actions and their consequences. In short, the word is applicable to almost every thing that has a dependence on or relation to another thing.

Definition 2024

connection

connection

English

Alternative forms

Noun

connection ‎(countable and uncountable, plural connections)

  1. (uncountable) The act of connecting.
  2. The point at which two or more things are connected.
    the connection between overeating and obesity
    My headache has no connection with me going out last night.
    • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
      A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
  3. A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
    As we were the only people in the room to laugh at the joke, I felt a connection between us.
  4. An established communications or transportation link.
    computers linked by a network connection
    I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection.
  5. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
    The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train.
  6. A kinship relationship between people.

Translations

Etymology

late 14c., variant of British English connexion, from English conneccion, later connexioun (mid-15c.), from Old French connexion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio ‎(“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō ‎(“I bind together”), from compound of co- ‎(“together”) and nectō ‎(“I bind”)

In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection under influence of English connect, abetted by affection, direction, etc., thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈnɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

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