əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən kəˈnɛkʃən kəˈnɛktɪv kəˈnɛkʃən ˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ lɪŋk the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) the joining of hands around the table there was a connection via the internet shifting from one form of transportation to another the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta an instrumentality that connects he soldered the connection he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination conditioning is a form of learning by association a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare a connecting shape