8 VERB Something that connects a person or thing with something else shows or provides a link or relationship between them. □ [V n + with/to ] A search of Brady's house revealed nothing that could connect him with the robberies. □ [V n] What connects them?
▸ connect up → see connect 2
con|nect|ed /kəne kt I d/
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If one thing is connected with another, there is a link or relationship between them. □ [+ with ] Have you ever had any skin problems connected with exposure to the sun? □ [+ to ] The dispute is not directly connected to the negotiations.
2 → see also connect , well-connected
con|nec|tion ◆◇◇ /kəne kʃ ə n/ (connections ) in BRIT, also use connexion 1 N‑VAR A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups. □ [+ between ] There was no evidence of a connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats. □ [+ with ] The police say he had no connection with the security forces.
2 N‑COUNT A connection is a joint where two wires or pipes are joined together. □ Check all radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.
3 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] If a place has good road, rail, or air connections , many places can be directly reached from there by car, train, or plane. □ [+ to ] Fukuoka has excellent air and rail connections to the rest of the country.
4 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you get a connection at a station or airport, you catch a train, bus, or plane, after getting off another train, bus, or plane, in order to continue your journey. □ My flight was late and I missed the connection.
5 N‑PLURAL Your connections are the people who you know or are related to, especially when they are in a position to help you. □ She used her connections to full advantage.
6 PHRASE If you write or talk to someone in connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing. [FORMAL ] □ 13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder. SYNONYMS connection NOUN 1
relation: It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics.
relationship: There is a relationship between diet and cancer.
link: …the link between smoking and lung cancer.
association: Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
correlation: …the correlation between smoking and disease.
con|nec|tive /kəne kt I v/ (connectives ) N‑COUNT A connective is the same as a conjunction .
con|ne c|tive ti s|sue N‑UNCOUNT Connective tissue is the substance in the bodies of animals and people which fills in the spaces between organs and connects muscles and bones. [TECHNICAL ]
con|nec|tiv|ity /kɒnekt I vəti/ N‑UNCOUNT Connectivity is the ability of a computing device to connect to other computers or to the internet. [COMPUTING ] □ … a new phone with faster mobile internet connectivity.
con|nect|or /kəne ktə r / (connectors ) N‑COUNT A connector is a device that joins two pieces of equipment, wire, or piping together.
con|nex|ion /kəne kʃ ə n/ → see connection
con|niv|ance /kəna I v ə ns/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft with the N of n] Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [+ of ] The deficit had grown with the connivance of the banks. □ The goods were exported with official connivance.
con|nive /kəna I v/ (connives , conniving , connived ) VERB If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + with ] He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights. □ Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released. □ [V + with ] …local authorities suspected of conniving with the Mafia.
con|niv|ing /kəna I v I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone as conniving , you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
con|nois|seur /kɒ nəsɜː r / (connoisseurs ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject. □ Sarah tells me you're something of an art connoisseur. □ [+ of ] …connoisseurs of good food.
con|no|ta|tion /kɒ nəte I ʃ ə n/ (connotations ) N‑COUNT The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of. □ It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations. □ [+ of ] 'Urchin', with its connotation of mischievousness, may not be a particularly apt word.
con|note /kənoʊ t/ (connotes , connoting , connoted ) VERB If a word or name connotes something, it makes you think of a particular idea or quality. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The term 'organization' often connotes a sense of neatness.
con|quer /kɒ ŋkə r / (conquers , conquering , conquered )
1 VERB If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land. □ [V n] During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia. □ [be V -ed] Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.