ADJ
- clear, close, direct, intimate, strong
- There is a close connection between family background and academic achievement
- tenuous
- obvious
- causal
VERB + CONNECTION
- have
- His death had no connection with drugs
- discover, establish, find, make, see
- Researchers have now established a connection between air pollution and asthma. She did not make the connection between her diet and her poor health
- break, sever
- She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm
PREP
- in ~ with
- I am writing in connection with your recent job application
- ~ between
- the connection between crime and alcohol
- ~ to/with
- What is your connection with the school?
PHRASES
- in that/this connection (= for reasons connected with sth recently mentioned)
VERB + CONNECTION
- break
- If you break the connection, the light won't come on
PREP
- ~ to
- waiting for connection to the water mains
ADJ
- good
- bus, rail/railway, train
PREP
- ~ between
- There are good connections between the resort and major cities
- ~ to
- We'll be lucky if we make our connection to Paris
- ~ with
- good connections with New York
ADJ
- good
- aristocratic
- business, family, personal, political, professional, social
VERB + CONNECTION
- have
- I have some good business connections in New York. He has connections (= he knows important people who would be able to help him)
- use
- She used her connections to get the job