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deep connection

deep connection

9 3.4
A strong feeling of closeness between people or toward a place
  • noun
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  • We are more resilient when we have a strong local community with deep connections.

I have such deep connections with my best friends.

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Examples

  • But to me, the real romance is the deep connection and trust that you maintain over time.

  • My dad, alas, gone these 23 years, shared a deep connection through Celtic music.

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  • We said tell us a time when you felt a deep connection with your higher power.

  • I share a very deep connection with my father.

  • I have such deep connections with my best friends.

  • And what's missing is that deep connection with yourself.

  • We affirmed our deep connection to Earth and to all life on our planet.

    Academic text (2014)
  • You sound like a person who has a deep connection to your heart and the sorrows of others.

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  • In particular, Gordon's fluent Japanese has allowed him deep connections with Japanese people.

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  • I share a deep connection with my father that makes our bond unbreakable.

Synonyms

relationship
vsdeep connection
1.8

A close emotional or romantic connection between two people

is narrower, pointing to a deep emotional bond rather than any link
connection
vsdeep connection
1.9

A relationship between people, things, ideas, or events

is a specific strong emotional form of that general link
intimacy
vsdeep connection
122 4.2

A close loving relationship where people share personal feelings

is broader, applying to deep closeness beyond private affection
attachment
vsdeep connection
89 3.3

A strong feeling of liking and caring for someone or something

stresses an intense shared closeness rather than a single feeling
closeness
vsdeep connection
26 2.8

A warm emotional relationship between people who trust each other

is stronger and implies a very deep emotional bond
kinship
vsdeep connection
16 4.0

A strong feeling of connection between people or groups who share similar interests

emphasizes emotional closeness rather than similarity or shared traits
strong relationship
vsdeep connection
12 2.8

A close connection between people with trust and care

focuses on emotional closeness rather than formal significance
strong bond
vsdeep connection
7 3.4

A deep, lasting connection between people or animals

is an intense close feeling of emotional unity across people or places
attunement
vsdeep connection
1 7.8

A close emotional connection with someone that shows deep understanding

focuses more on deep emotional bond than mere mutual harmony
deep resonance
vsdeep connection
7.2

A strong emotional effect that something like music or words has on people

refers instead to an ongoing intimate closeness rather than an effect
sense of resonance
vsdeep connection
7.0

A strong feeling that something connects with your own life or feelings

is about lasting emotional bond, not just a momentary evocative feeling

Antonyms

129 5.4

A feeling of not being close to someone

How Close

deep connection
9 3.4
closeness
26 2.8
connection
1.9
acquaintance
36 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

deep + connection

The meaning 'a strong emotional bond' is directly derived from combining 'deep' (very strong or extreme) with 'connection' (a meaningful link), following a straightforward compositional pattern. This metaphoric but predictable use of 'deep' to intensify a noun is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Deep connection gives a simple picture: imagine two trees whose roots go far underground and become tangled, or two people joined by a rope that reaches deep below the surface. The words deep and connection show a link that goes far down and stays strong, so the phrase means 'a strong emotional bond'.