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# connection

«connection» in Mova's school dictionary: **joined: «a loose connection in the wire»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (connection, connections)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m1)

2) A link to the internet, a phone network or a power supply: «a bad connection». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m2)

3) A link between ideas, facts or events: «There is a connection between sleep and good marks». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m3)

4) A train, bus or plane that you change to on a journey: «We missed our connection». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m4)

5) A feeling of closeness and understanding between people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m5)

6) Connections (plural): people you know who can help you: «He got the job through connections». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m6)

7) A connection with something can mean being involved in making or doing it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In science: a broken connection stops the current in a circuit, so the bulb goes out. In reading and history: pupils explain the connection between a cause and its result. In everyday life: Wi-Fi connection, missing a connection at a station, feeling a connection with a friend or a pet. Phrases: «in connection with» (formal: about), «make a connection», «lose connection», «have connections».

### examples

- The bulb did not light because of a loose connection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x1)
- Our internet connection keeps dropping during the video call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x2)
- Can you see the connection between the two stories? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x3)
- We ran to catch our connection to Dublin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x4)
- Ella felt a special connection with the old horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x5)
- The police want to speak to a man in connection with the robbery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x6)
- His uncle has connections at the football club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x7)
- Draw a line to show the connection between each word and its picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x8)
- Darmancour had no connection whatever with the composition of the stories which bore his name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/#x9)

### note

Countable. «In connection with» is formal and means «about» or «linked to». British older spelling «connexion» is now rare. Do not confuse with «collection». Double N, then -ction.

### In the corpora

- [Each time you practise something, the connections between the nerve cells involved get stronger, so the memory gets easier to find.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/68-the-brain-and-nerves/14/)
- [Doing the same fix over and over rarely fixes anything; when the connection keeps failing, ask a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/15/)
- [All the devices in a house usually share one internet connection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/24/)
- [Films, video calls and big downloads on the same connection can cause lag in games.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «connection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/connection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.