connection

1. (uncountable) The act of connecting.uncountable

2. (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.Examples: "The bus was late so he missed his connection at Penn Station and had to wait six hours for the next train."; "It is kept super-clean by helpful staff who still find the time to help customers with tight connections."countableuncountable

3. (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.countableuncountable

4. (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.countableuncountable

5. (slang) A drug dealer.Examples: "Now the final study was the drug habit. He was now in New Orleans, slipping along the streets with shady characters and haunting connection bars."countableslanguncountable