connection
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The state of being linked physically or notionally.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
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the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
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shifting from one form of transportation to another
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an instrumentality that connects
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the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
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a supplier (especially of narcotics)
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a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way
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a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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a connecting shape
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the state of being connected
Classifications
Entity Type
Network75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- associationconnectednessconnecterconnectiveconnectorconnexionin connection withjoininglink
- alternatephrasing
- Connection
- plural
- connections
- possessive
- connection's
- pluralpossessive
- connections'