connection

noun

• 1a relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else:the connections between social attitudes and productivity sufferers deny that their problems have any connection with drugs
• [mass noun] the action of linking one thing with another:connection to the Internet
• [mass noun] the placing of parts of an electric circuit in contact so that a current may flow.
• a link between electrical components or pipes:ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made
• a link between two telephones:she replaced the receiver before the connection was made
• an arrangement or opportunity for catching a connecting train, bus, aircraft, etc.:ferry connections are sporadic in the low season
• a connecting train, bus, etc.:we had to wait for our connection to Frankfurt
• (connections) people with whom one has social or professional contact or to whom one is related, especially those with influence and able to offer one help:he had connections in the music industry

• 2 informal, chiefly North American a supplier of narcotics.
• a narcotics sale or purchase.

• 3chiefly historical an association of Methodist Churches: the primitive Methodists broke with the Wesleyan connection in 1810