<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or state of connecting.</li><li>Synonyms: union, conjunction, junction.</li><li>the state of being connected: the connection between cause and effect.</li><li>anything that connects: a connecting part; link; bond: an electrical connection.</li><li>Synonyms: yoke, coupling, tie.</li><li>association; relationship: the connection between crime and poverty; no connection with any other firm of the same name.</li><li>a circle of friends or associates or a member of such a circle.</li><li>Synonyms: alliance, affiliation.</li><li>association with or development of something observed, imagined, discussed, etc.: to make a connection between the smell of smoke and the presence of fire; I have a few thoughts in connection with your last remarks.</li><li>contextual relation; context, as of a word.</li><li>the meeting of trains, planes, etc., for transfer of passengers: There are good connections between buses in Chicago.</li><li>Often connections: a transfer by a passenger from one conveyance to another: to miss connections.</li><li>a specific vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., boarded in making connections: My connection for Hartford is the 10:58.</li><li>a relative, especially by marriage or distant blood relationship.</li><li>Synonyms: relation.</li><li>Slang: a person who sells drugs directly to addicts.</li><li>a source of supply for goods, material, etc., that is scarce, difficult, or illegal to obtain: a connection to obtain guns and ammunition for the rebels.</li><li>a group of persons who are connected, as by political or religious ties.</li><li>Usually connections: associates, relations, acquaintances, or friends, especially representing or having some influence or power: European connections; good connections in Congress.</li><li>a religious denomination: the Methodist connection.</li><li>a channel of communication: a bad telephone connection.</li><li>sexual intercourse.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>