Connection

Definition

connection ( Brit also connexion ) /kǝ'nekʃn/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ~ between sth and sth; ~ with/to sth အဆက္။ အဆက္ အစပ္။ ဆက္ႏႊယ္မႈ။ There's a faulty connection in the fuse-box. ❍ What is the connection between the two ideas? (ie How are they linked?) ❍ Is there a connection between smoking and lung cancer? ❍ His dismissal has no connection with (ie is not due to) the quality of his work. (ခ) [U] ဆက္သြယ္ျခင္း။ ဆက္သြယ္မႈ။ How long will the connection of my new phone take? အိမ္မွာ တယ္လီဖုန္းအသစ္တပ္ဖို႔ ဘယ္ေလာက္ၾကာမွာလဲ။ ၂။ [C] (ခရီးစဥ္ယာဥ္)ခ်ိတ္ဆက္မိျခင္း။ The flight was late so I missed my connection. ၃။ [C usu pl ] စီးပြားေရးနယ္တြင္ အားထားရေသာ အဆက္အသြယ္။ I heard about it through one of my business connections. ၄။ connections [pl] (စပ္၍ေတာ္ေသာ)ေဆြမ်ဳိး။ She is British but also has German connections. ❏ in connection with sb/sth [ IDM ] ႏွင့္ပတ္သက္၍၊ စပ္လ်ဥ္း၍။ I am writing to you in connection with your recent job application. ❍ He is wanted by the police in connection with two murders. ❏ in this/that connection [ IDM ] ( fml ) ယင္းႏွင့္ ပတ္သက္ ၍။

Examples

1. [connection between] : I fail to see a connection between the two cases.
2. [connection with/to] : His question had no direct connection with our discussion.
3. [make a connection] : I knew they had the same surname but I didn’t make the connection.
4. China is trying to strengthen its trade connections.
5. Prisoners are encouraged to maintain family connections.
6. [connection with] : She was alleged to have connections with the secret police.
7. [miss your connection] : My train was late and I missed my connection.
8. Birmingham has excellent road and rail connections.
9. A phone connection via satellite from Dubai
10. A slow connection speed
11. The gas company said there will be a connection charge of £30.
12. [connection to] : The building is ready for connection to the mains.
13. The light keeps flickering – there must be a loose connection.
14. He used his party connections to get a government job.