Noun

(uncountable) The act of connecting.

The point at which two or more things are connected.

the connection between overeating and obesity

My headache has no connection with me going out last night.

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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.

An established communications or transportation link.

computers linked by a network connection

I was talking to him, but there was lightning and we lost the connection .

(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.

A kinship relationship between people.

Noun

(uncountable) The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

(countable) A relationship of being adjacent to something.

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