connection

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English

Alternative forms

• connexion (UK, dated), connex. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, 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 (equivalent to connect +‎ -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

connection (countable and uncountable, plural connections)

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

4. An established communications or transportation link.

5. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
6. A kinship relationship between people.
7. A person related to oneself, through either family or business.

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.
9. Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
10. (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
11. Sexual intercourse.
13. (slang) A drug dealer.

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Further reading

• “connection n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present