connection
US: /kəˈnɛkʃən/
UK: /kənˈɛkʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
connection /kə'nekʃn/- danh từ
- sự liên quan, sự liên lạc, mối quan hệ; sự chấp nối
- to have a connection with: có quan hệ với
- sự mạch lạc
- there is no connection in his speech: bài nói của anh ta chẳng có mạch lạc gì cả
- sự giao thiệp, sự kết giao
- to form a connection with someone: giao thiệp với ai
- to break off a connection: tuyệt đường giao thiệp, tuyệt giao
- bà con, họ hàng, thân thuộc
- he is a connection of mine: anh ta là người bà con của tôi
- (tôn giáo) phái, giáo phái
- (thương nghiệp) khách hàng
- shop has a good (wide) connection: cửa hàng đông khách
- tàu xe chạy nối tiếp (tiếp vận với những tàu xe khác)
- to miss the connection: nhỡ mất chuyến xe chạy nối tiếp
- vật (để) nối; chỗ nối (hai ống nối với nhau)
- in that connection
- về điều đó, liên quan đến điều đó
- in connection with
- có quan hệ với, có liên quan với, có dính líu tới
- chạy nối tiếp với (tàu xe)
- sự liên quan, sự liên lạc, mối quan hệ; sự chấp nối
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE also less frequent connexion)+ noun
link
1 [C] ~ (between A and B)
~ (with sth) something that connects two facts, ideas, etc: Scientists have established a connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease. + His resignation must have some connection with the recent scandal. + a direct / close / strong connection with sth + How did you make the connection (= realize that there was a connection between two facts that did not seem to be related)?
being connected
2 [U] ~ (to sth) the act of connecting or the state of being connected: Connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days.
in electrical system
3 [C] a point, especially in an electrical system, where two parts connect: A faulty connection caused the machine to stop.
train / bus / plane
4 [C] a train, bus or plane at a station or an airport that a passenger can take soon after getting off another in order to continue their journey: We arrived in good time for the connection to Paris. + I missed the connection by five minutes.
5 [C, usually pl.] a means of travelling to another place: There are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities.
person / organization
6 [C, usually pl.] a person or an organization that you know and that can help or advise you in your social or professional life: One of my business connections gave them my name.
distant relatives
7 (connections) [pl.] people who are your relatives, but not members of your close family: She is British but also has German connections. + a network of family connections in Italy
Idioms: in connection with sb/sth (written) for reasons connected with sb/sth: A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager. + I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application.
in this / that connection (formal) for reasons connected with sth recently mentioned
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 uniting, joining, linking, connecting, coupling; union, bond, joint, link:
The US constitution forbids a formal connection between Church and State. The connection between the fittings has broken.
2 link, tie, (inter)relation(ship), interplay, bearing, reference, relevance, appropriateness, correlation, tie-in; coherence, consistency, association:
Your answer had no connection with the question.
3 Often, connections. contact, ally, acquaintance, friend (at court); influence, Colloq pull; Slang US drag:
With their connections, they can get away with anything.
4 connections. relatives, relations, family, kin, kith and kin:
They have connections in Australia.
Collocation
1 relationship between two things
ADJ.
clear, close, direct, intimate, strong
There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement.
| tenuous | obvious | causal
VERB + CONNECTION
have
His death had no connection with drugs.
| discover, establish, find, make, see
Researchers have now established a connection between air pollution and asthma. She did not make the connection between her diet and her poor health.
| break, sever
She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.
PREP.
in ~ with
I am writing in connection with your recent job application.
| ~ between
the connection between crime and alcohol
| ~ to/with
What is your connection with the school?
PHRASES
in that/this connection
(= for reasons connected with sth recently mentioned)
2 place where wires/pipes join together
ADJ.
loose | electrical, pipe
VERB + CONNECTION
break
If you break the connection, the light won't come on.
CONNECTION + NOUN
charge
PREP.
~ to
waiting for connection to the water mains
3 bus/train/plane
ADJ.
good | bus, rail/railway, train
VERB + CONNECTION
make | miss
PREP.
~ between
There are good connections between the resort and major cities.
| ~ to
We'll be lucky if we make our connection to Paris.
| ~ with
good connections with New York
4 person you know
ADJ.
good | aristocratic | business, family, personal, political, professional, social
VERB + CONNECTION
have
I have some good business connections in New York. He has connections (= he knows important people who would be able to help him).
| use
She used her connections to get the job.
Concise dictionary
connectionskə'nekʃnnoun
+a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
+the state of being connected
+an instrumentality that connects
+(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
+the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
+a connecting shape
+a supplier (especially of narcotics)
+shifting from one form of transportation to another
+the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
