connexion
Dated spelling of connectionDated spelling of connection.
» The connexion is miserable today!
Meaning
3 senses(UK, countable, uncountable)Dated spelling of connection.
(countable, uncountable)A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
(countable, historical, uncountable)The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- an instrumentality that connects
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- a connecting shape
Examples
2 sentencesThe connexion is miserable today!
She always appeared and disappeared close by the fountain, with which, therefore, her lover judged she had some inexplicable connexion.
Origin
From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), frFrom Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō.
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Forms
plural: connexionsSynonyms
8 synonyms- shifting from one form of transportation to another:connection
- an instrumentality that connects:connectionconnectorconnecterconnective
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it):connectionconnectedness
- a connecting shape:connectionlink
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication):joiningconnection
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination:associationconnection
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable