noun
1. the state of being connected
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the connection between church and state is inescapable
• Syn: ↑connection, ↑link
• Ant: ↑disconnectedness
• Hypernyms: ↑union, ↑unification
• Hyponyms:
↑contact, ↑concatenation, ↑interconnection, ↑interconnectedness, ↑coherence, ↑coherency, ↑cohesion, ↑cohesiveness
2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
• Syn: ↑connection, ↑connexion
• Ant: ↑unconnectedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑connected
• Hypernyms: ↑relation
• Hyponyms:
↑series, ↑alliance, ↑bond, ↑linkage, ↑communication, ↑concatenation, ↑bridge, ↑involvement, ↑relevance, ↑relevancy, ↑relatedness
• Attrubites: ↑connected, ↑unconnected
Useful english dictionary. 2012.