English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "connection"

connection

Từ điển Collocation

connection noun

¹ relationship between two things

ADJ. clear, close, direct, intimate, strong There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement. | tenuous | obvious | causal

VERB + CONNECTION have His death had no connection with drugs. | discover, establish, find, make, see Researchers have now established a connection between air pollution and asthma. She did not make the connection between her diet and her poor health. | break, sever She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.

PREP. in ~ with I am writing in connection with your recent job application. | ~ between the connection between crime and alcohol | ~ to/with What is your connection with the school?

PHRASES in that/this connection (= for reasons connected with sth recently mentioned)

² place where wires/pipes join together

ADJ. loose | electrical, pipe

VERB + CONNECTION break If you break the connection, the light won't come on.

CONNECTION + NOUN charge

PREP. ~ to waiting for connection to the water mains

³ bus/train/plane

ADJ. good | bus, rail/railway, train

VERB + CONNECTION make | miss

PREP. ~ between There are good connections between the resort and major cities. | ~ to We'll be lucky if we make our connection to Paris. | ~ with good connections with New York

⁴ person you know

ADJ. good | aristocratic | business, family, personal, political, professional, social

VERB + CONNECTION have I have some good business connections in New York. He has connections (= he knows important people who would be able to help him). | use She used her connections to get the job.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); connexion, connectedness

  there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare

• the state of being connected; link, connectedness

  the connection between church and state is inescapable

• an instrumentality that connects; connexion, connector, connecter, connective

  he soldered the connection

  he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers

• (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

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; association, connexion

  conditioning is a form of learning by association

• a connecting shape; connexion, link
• a supplier (especially of narcotics)
• shifting from one form of transportation to another; connexion

  the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); joining, connexion

  the joining of hands around the table

  there was a connection via the internet

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A physical link via wire, radio, fiberoptic cable, or other medium between two or more communications devices.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

connections
syn.: association connectedness connecter connective connector connexion joining link