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 →

2) A link to the internet, a phone network or a power supply: «a bad connection». tree →

3) A link between ideas, facts or events: «There is a connection between sleep and good marks». tree →

4) A train, bus or plane that you change to on a journey: «We missed our connection». tree →

5) A feeling of closeness and understanding between people. tree →

6) Connections (plural): people you know who can help you: «He got the job through connections». tree →

7) A connection with something can mean being involved in making or doing it. tree →

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 →
• Our internet connection keeps dropping during the video call. tree →
• Can you see the connection between the two stories? tree →
• We ran to catch our connection to Dublin. tree →
• Ella felt a special connection with the old horse. tree →
• The police want to speak to a man in connection with the robbery. tree →
• His uncle has connections at the football club. tree →
• Draw a line to show the connection between each word and its picture. tree →
• Darmancour had no connection whatever with the composition of the stories which bore his name. tree →

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.
• Doing the same fix over and over rarely fixes anything; when the connection keeps failing, ask a grown-up.
• All the devices in a house usually share one internet connection.
• Films, video calls and big downloads on the same connection can cause lag in games.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «connection» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.