connection

Everyday

1. A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire». tree →
2. A link to the internet, a phone network or a power supply: «a bad connection». tree →
3. A link between ideas, facts or events: «There is a connection between sleep and good marks». tree →
4. A train, bus or plane that you change to on a journey: «We missed our connection». tree →
5. A feeling of closeness and understanding between people. tree →
6. Connections (plural): people you know who can help you: «He got the job through connections». tree →
7. A connection with something can mean being involved in making or doing it. tree →

In the lessons

In science: a broken connection stops the current in a circuit, so the bulb goes out. In reading and history: pupils explain the connection between a cause and its result. In everyday life: Wi-Fi connection, missing a connection at a station, feeling a connection with a friend or a pet. Phrases: «in connection with» (formal: about), «make a connection», «lose connection», «have connections».

Examples

• The bulb did not light because of a loose connection. tree →
• Our internet connection keeps dropping during the video call. tree →
• Can you see the connection between the two stories? tree →
• We ran to catch our connection to Dublin. tree →
• Ella felt a special connection with the old horse. tree →
• The police want to speak to a man in connection with the robbery. tree →
• His uncle has connections at the football club. tree →
• Draw a line to show the connection between each word and its picture. tree →
• Darmancour had no connection whatever with the composition of the stories which bore his name. tree →

Note

Countable. «In connection with» is formal and means «about» or «linked to». British older spelling «connexion» is now rare. Do not confuse with «collection». Double N, then -ction.

In Jewish tradition

In science: a broken connection stops the current in a circuit, so the bulb goes out. In reading and history: pupils explain the connection between a cause and its result. In everyday life: Wi-Fi connection, missing a connection at a station, feeling a connection with a friend or a pet. Phrases: «in connection with» (formal: about), «make a connection», «lose connection», «have connections».

Examples

• A connection is thus made between the act of speech and the act of circumcision, being two forms of creation and transformation according to the SY’s thought. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• [paragraph continues] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. [Exodus 6:12]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

Countable. «In connection with» is formal and means «about» or «linked to». British older spelling «connexion» is now rare. Do not confuse with «collection». Double N, then -ction.