Connexion
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
"The joining of hands around the table"
"There was a connection via the internet"
(2) Shifting from one form of transportation to another
"The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
(3) An instrumentality that connects
"He soldered the connection"
"He didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
(4) The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
"Conditioning is a form of learning by association"
(5) 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"
(6) A connecting shape
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- 1848, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
- I saw he was going to marry her, for family, perhaps political reasons; because her rank and connexions suited him;...
- 1926, H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
- Persuading the widow that my connexion with her husband's 'technical matters' was sufficient to entitle me to his manuscript, I bore the document away...
- 1978, M. I. Finley, "The fifth-century Athenian empire: A balance sheet", in Peter D. A. Garnsey and C. R. Whittaker (eds.), Imperialism in the Ancient World: The Cambridge University Research Seminar in Ancient History, Cambridge University Press (reprinted 2007), ISBN 052103390X, page 125,
- In this connexion, it is worth remembering that we are never told how the tribute was collected within the tributary state.
- 1984 November 20, The Times, page 21, headline,
- "Rugby Union: The Jaguars Make A Move To End Their Isolation Argentina turns to FIRA and the French connexion is set to benefit"
- 1848, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Usage notes
- This spelling has been rarely encountered in the United States since the 19th century. In the United Kingdom the spelling remained in common use until the mid-twentieth century, since which time its use has declined considerably, though the old spelling is retained by the British Methodist Church and numerous commercial organisations.
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