connection
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(noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta" |
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Synonyms: connexion |
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Related Words: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transportation |
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(noun) something that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" |
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Synonyms: connecter, connective, connector, connexion |
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Related Words: attachment, bond, conjunction, coupling, earth, ground, hitch, hookup, instrumentality, instrumentation, jumper, junction, line, patch, phone line, slip ring, telephone line, temporary hookup, yoke |
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(noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
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Related Words: provider, supplier |
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(noun) (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" |
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Related Words: acquaintance, friend |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: connectedness, connexion |
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Related Words: alliance, bond, bridge, communication, concatenation, involvement, linkage, relatedness, relation, relevance, relevancy |
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(noun) a connecting shape |
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Synonyms: connexion, link |
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Related Words: articulation, form, join, joint, junction, juncture, node, shape |
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(noun) the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" |
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Synonyms: connectedness, link |
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Related Words: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness, concatenation, contact, interconnectedness, interconnection, lifeline, union |
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(noun) the act of bringing two things into contact |
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Synonyms: connecting, connexion, joining |
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Related Words: adjunction, approximation, articulation, attachment, bringing close together, change of integrity, coming upon, concatenation, convergence, convergency, converging, encounter, fastening, intersection, junction |
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(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" |
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Synonyms: association, connexion |
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Related Words: memory, remembering |
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