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According to WordNet, the noun "connection" has 9 sense(s).

109956147 (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".

114419164 the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable".

100145218 the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet".

105763916 the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association".

103091374 an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers".

109956035 a supplier (especially of narcotics).

100316989 shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta".

113870805 a connecting shape.

113791389 a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare".


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