connection

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
  2. noun the state of being connected
  3. noun an instrumentality that connects

Etymology

From Middle English conneccioun, connexioun, conneccyon, conneccion, from Latin connexionem (nominative connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”)), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“to bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“to bind”). In American English mid-18c., spelling shifted from connexion to connection (equivalent to connect + -ion), thus making connexion British dated and connection in international use.

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Synonyms

connexion, connectedness

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