connexion

noun

1. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

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conditioning is a form of learning by association

• Syn: ↑association, ↑connection

• Derivationally related forms: ↑connect, ↑connect (for: ↑connection), ↑associate (for: ↑association)

• Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering

• Hyponyms: ↑colligation

2. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

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there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare

• Syn: ↑connection, ↑connectedness

• Ant: ↑unconnectedness (for: ↑connectedness)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑connected (for: ↑connectedness)

• Hypernyms: ↑relation

• Hyponyms:

↑series, ↑alliance, ↑bond, ↑linkage, ↑communication, ↑concatenation, ↑bridge, ↑involvement, ↑relevance, ↑relevancy, ↑relatedness

• Attrubites: ↑connected, ↑unconnected

3. an instrumentality that connects

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he soldered the connection

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he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers

• Syn: ↑connection, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑connective

• Derivationally related forms: ↑connect (for: ↑connecter), ↑connect (for: ↑connector), ↑connect, ↑connect (for: ↑connection)

• Hypernyms: ↑instrumentality, ↑instrumentation

• Hyponyms:

↑attachment, ↑bond, ↑backbone, ↑ground, ↑earth, ↑hitch, ↑hookup, ↑jumper, ↑junction, ↑conjunction, ↑slip ring, ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑subscriber line, ↑line, ↑temporary hookup, ↑patch, ↑yoke, ↑coupling

4. a connecting shape

• Syn: ↑connection, ↑link

• Hypernyms: ↑shape, ↑form

• Hyponyms: ↑node, ↑articulation, ↑join, ↑joint, ↑juncture, ↑junction

5. shifting from one form of transportation to another

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the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta

• Syn: ↑connection

• Derivationally related forms: ↑connect, ↑connect (for: ↑connection)

• Hypernyms: ↑transportation, ↑transport, ↑transfer, ↑transferral, ↑conveyance

6. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

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the joining of hands around the table

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there was a connection via the internet

• Syn: ↑joining, ↑connection

• Derivationally related forms: ↑connect, ↑connect (for: ↑connection), ↑join (for: ↑joining)

• Hypernyms: ↑change of integrity

• Hyponyms:

↑hit, ↑interconnection, ↑intersection, ↑approximation, ↑bringing close together, ↑concatenation, ↑convergence, ↑converging, ↑convergency, ↑encounter, ↑coming upon, ↑articulation, ↑junction, ↑adjunction, ↑fastening, ↑attachment