connection Definition

connection
connexion
noun

1. The act of connecting or state of being connected.
2. Something that connects; a link.

Thesaurus: junction, nexus, union, splice, link, bond, attachment, fastening, consolidation, combination.
3. A relationship through marriage or birth.
4. An especially influential person whom one meets through one's job, etc; a contact.
5a. A train, bus, etc timed so as to allow transfer to it from another passenger service;
5b. The transfer from one vehicle to another.
(US)
6. colloq
A supplier of illegal drugs.

Idiom: in connection with something

To do with it; concerning it.

Idiom: in this connection

With reference to the matter being considered.