connection in WordNet English dictionary

1. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
   "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
   association  connection  connexion 
   
2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
   "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
   connection  connexion  connectedness 
   
3. the state of being connected
   "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
   connection  link  connectedness 
   
4. an instrumentality that connects
   "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
   connection  connexion  connector  connecter  connective 
   
5. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
   "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
   joining  connection  connexion 
   
6. shifting from one form of transportation to another
   "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
   connection  connexion 
   
7. a supplier (especially of narcotics)
   connection 
   
8. (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
   "he has powerful connections"
   connection 
   
9. a connecting shape
   connection  connexion  link