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7 VERB If you connect a person or thing with something, you realize that there is a link or relationship between them. □ [V n + with/to ] He didn't connect me with that embarrassing review I wrote seven years ago. □ [V n] I wouldn't have connected the two things.

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