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rap⋅port

  [ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh-]
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–noun
relation; connection, esp. harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
Origin:
1530–40; < F, deriv. of rapporter to bring back, report, equiv. to r(e-) re- + apporter (OF aporter < L apportāre, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + portāre to carry; see port 5 )

Synonyms:
fellowship, camaraderie, understanding.
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rap·port   (rā-pôr', -pōr', rə-)   
n.  Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

[French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportāre : ad-, ad- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]
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Rapport

Rap*port"\, n. [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report.] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.

'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. --Sir W. Temple.

En` rap`port"[F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.
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Language Translation for : Rapport
Spanish: boletín,
German: das Bulletin,
Japanese: 公報
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rapport 
1661, "reference, relationship," from Fr. rapport, back-formation from rapporter "bring back," from re- "again" + apporter "to bring," from L. apportare "to bring," from ad- "to" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Psychological meaning "intense harmonious accord," as between therapist and patient, is first attested 1894, though the word had been used in a very similar sense with ref. to mesmerism from 1845 (first recorded in E.A. Poe).
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Main Entry: rap·port
Pronunciation: ra-'po(&)r, r&-
Function: noun
1 : relation characterized by harmony, conformity, accord, oraffinity
2 : confidence of a subject in the operator (as in hypnotism, psychotherapy, or mental testing) with willingness to cooperate rapport —C. A. H. Watts>
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rapport rap·port (rā-pôr', rə-)
n.
Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

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