Définition "connection" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

connection (connections plural )
in BRIT, also use connexion

1 n-var A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups. (=association, link)
There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats...

2 n-count A connection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together.
Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.

3 n-count If a place has good road, rail, or air connections, many places can be directly reached from there by car, train, or plane.
Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.

4 n-count If you get a connection at a station or airport, you catch a train, bus, or plane, after getting off another train, bus, or plane, in order to continue your journey.
My flight was late and I missed the connection.

5 n-plural Your connections are the people who you know or are related to, especially when they are in a position to help you.
She used her connections to full advantage.

6 If you write or talk to someone in connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing.
FORMAL
♦ in connection with prep-phrase
13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder.