English Dictionary

connection

/kəˈnɛkʃən/

noun

(uncountable) The act of connecting. / The point at which two or more things are connected. / A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.

The connection between the two countries has strengthened over the years.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

意味（2）

The point at which two or more things are connected.

the connection between overeating and obesity

意味（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.

意味（4）

An established communications or transportation link.

computers linked by a network connection

意味（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.

意味（6）

A kinship relationship between people.

意味（7）

An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.

I have some connections in Lancashire.

意味（8）

(mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.

意味（9）

Coherence; lack of disjointedness

意味（10）

(religion) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.

意味（11）

sexual intercourse

The exact nature of the relations between the boy-wife and his protector are doubtful; they certainly have connection, but the natives repudiate with horror and disgust the idea of sodomy.

意味（12）

(slang) A drug dealer.

Now the final study was the drug habit. He was now in New Orleans, slipping along the streets with shady characters and haunting connection bars.