noun

1. a joining or being joined; coupling; union
2. a part or thing that joins; means of joining
3. a relationship; association; specif.,
   1. the relation between things that depend on, involve, or follow each other; causal relationship
   2. the logical linking together of words or ideas; coherence
   3. the relationship of a word or statement to the context, as it affects the meaning in that connection, let me say this
   4. affinity as by family ties, business, or common interests
4. : usually used in pl.
   1. a relative, as by distant kinship or marriage
   2. a business associate or acquaintance, esp. an influential one through whom one can get special favors
5. ☆ the act or means of transferring from one train, bus, etc. to another in the course of a journey
6. a group of people associated together as in politics, business, or worship
7. a religious sect or denomination
8. ☆ Slang
   1. a person who sells narcotics illicitly to addicts
   2. a narcotics sale or purchase
9. Elec. a circuit
10. Telephony, Telegraphy a line of communication between points

Etymology: ME conneccioun < L connexio < connexus, pp. of connectere: see connect