connection

(Brit. also connexion)

  • noun 1 a link or relationship. 2 the action of connecting. 3 (connections) influential people with whom one has contact or to whom one is related. 4 an opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, etc.

  — PHRASES in connection with concerning. in this (or that) connection with reference to this (or that).

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