connection

Sense 1 noun

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

Sense 2 noun

the state of being connected

the connection between church and state is inescapable

Sense 3 noun

an instrumentality that connects

he soldered the connection

Sense 4 noun

(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

he has powerful connections

Sense 5 noun

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

conditioning is a form of learning by association

Sense 6 noun

a connecting shape

Sense 7 noun

a supplier (especially of narcotics)

Sense 8 noun

shifting from one form of transportation to another

the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta

Sense 9 noun

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

the joining of hands around the table