Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dot connection

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: dot -con-nec-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of connecting the dots.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Senate bill, which slavishly follows the commission's recommendations, has some sensible ideas; the counterterrorism center for dot connection is one."
"I still do, and you know, I find an interesting analogy to the attempted Christmas Day bombing, where everyone is saying in the intelligence community we need to connect the dots? In the financial community we need to do so as well, and the Fed is better positioned than anyone else to accomplish that dot connection."

Etymology

From connect the dots.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dot-connection (alternative)

Synonyms

dot-connecting

Questions

What does dot connection mean?: The act of connecting the dots.
Where does dot connection come from?: From connect the dots.

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