Kilo Lingo

/kəˈnekʃən/

Line drawing of connection
Coloured illustration of connection
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Translation

The way two things or people are joined or belong together.

Word origin

From Latin connectere, meaning to bind together.

Origin
Latin
Root
connectere
English cognates
connect

Grammar

Gender
Pluralconnections

Examples

smoking .

"A connection between" says that two things are linked.

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Here "connection" is a way of getting from one place to another.

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"Connection" is also the link between your computer and the internet.

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This word is part of lesson 27.