noun that which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
2. connection ·noun the persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the methodist connection.
3. connection ·noun the act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
4. connection ·noun a relation; ·esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood;
used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.