{
    "term": "connection",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "something that connects two facts, ideas, etc.",
            "sensetop": "connection between A and Bconnection with somethingconnection to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Scientists have **established a connection** between cholesterol levels and heart disease.",
                    "contextForm": "connection between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **direct/close/strong connection** with something",
                    "contextForm": "connection with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His resignation must **have** some **connection** with the recent scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumers are more likely to buy something from a person or shop they feel a **personal connection** to.",
                    "contextForm": "connection to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How did you **make the connection** *(= realize that there was a connection between two facts that did not seem to be related)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He denied any connection to the scam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She maintained her southern connection through summer visits to her relatives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His death had no connection with their investigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kierkegaard draws a connection between anxiety and free will."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Researchers have now established a connection between air pollution and asthma."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did not make the connection between her diet and her poor health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wanted to sever all her connections with the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This essay explores the connections between technology and nature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This helps companies strengthen their connections to their customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to feel a connection to nature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is your connection with the school?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a deep spiritual connection with nature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a government initiative to forge new connections with industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a set of connections between brain regions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the connection between crime and poverty"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union did not have a direct connection with any political party."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "link",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clear", "close", "direct"],
                "verb + connection": ["have", "discover", "establish"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in connection with",
                    "connection among",
                    "connection between"
                ],
                "phrases": ["in that/​this connection"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of connecting or the state of being connected",
            "sensetop": "connection to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **broadband/wireless/Wi-Fi/network connection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm having problems with my **internet connection**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Connection to the gas supply was delayed for three days.",
                    "contextForm": "connection to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was unable to establish a connection to the internet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, could you repeat that? This is a very bad connection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're waiting for connection to the water mains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "laptops with a wireless Ethernet connection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a high-speed network connection that makes accessing the internet easy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "speedy internet connections"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["loose", "electrical", "phone"],
                "verb + connection": ["break"],
                "connection + noun": ["charge", "fee"],
                "preposition": ["connection to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a point, especially in an electrical system, where two parts connect",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A faulty connection caused the machine to stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you break the connection, the light won't come on."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["loose", "electrical", "phone"],
                "verb + connection": ["break"],
                "connection + noun": ["charge", "fee"],
                "preposition": ["connection to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "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",
            "sensetop": "connection to…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I missed the connection by five minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll be lucky if we make our connection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We arrived in good time for the connection to Paris.",
                    "contextForm": "connection to…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by air"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "tight", "bus"],
                "verb + connection": ["make", "miss"],
                "preposition": ["connection between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a means of travelling to another place",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "good connections with New York"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "tight", "bus"],
                "verb + connection": ["make", "miss"],
                "preposition": ["connection between"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a person or an organization that you know and that can help or advise you in your social or professional life",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One of my business connections gave them my name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got his job through connections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has connections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have some good business connections in New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She used her connections to get the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They helped establish connections between labs from Honolulu to Paris."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can form strong connections when you work with people who share a mutual interest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The way you establish a real emotional connection with someone is by sharing your inner worlds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anna helped Rachel re-establish her connection with her brother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He and John seem to share a connection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His deepest connection is with his father, Frank Sr."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "contact",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "aristocratic", "business"],
                "verb + connection": ["have", "use"],
                "preposition": ["through connection"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "people who are your relatives, but not members of your close family",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is British but also has German connections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a network of family connections in Italy"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for reasons connected with somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of the teenager."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for reasons connected with something recently mentioned",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈnekʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/connection/xconnection__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəˈnekʃn/",
                "audio": "xc/connection/xconnection__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin connexio(n-), from connectere, from con- ‘together’ + nectere ‘bind’. The spelling -ct (18th cent.) is from connect, on the pattern of pairs such as collect, collection."
}