relationship
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ʃənˌʃɪp noun
1.
a connection, association, or involvement.
2.
connection between persons by blood or marriage.
3.
an emotional or other connection between people: the relationship between teachers and students.
4.
a sexual involvement; affair.
Related forms
pre·re·la·tion·ship, noun
Synonyms
1. dependence, alliance, kinship. 2. affinity, consanguinity. Relationship, kinship refer to connection with others by blood or by marriage. Relationship can be applied to connection either by birth or by marriage: relationship to a ruling family. Kinship generally denotes common descent and implies a more intimate connection than relationship: the ties and obligations of kinship.
1. dependence, alliance, kinship. 2. affinity, consanguinity. Relationship, kinship refer to connection with others by blood or by marriage. Relationship can be applied to connection either by birth or by marriage: relationship to a ruling family. Kinship generally denotes common descent and implies a more intimate connection than relationship: the ties and obligations of kinship.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being connected or related |
| 2. | association by blood or marriage; kinship |
| 3. | the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etc: a business relationship |
| 4. | an emotional or sexual affair or liaison |
| 5. | logic, maths another name for relation |
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Medical Dictionary
relationship re·la·tion·ship (rĭ-lā'shən-shĭp')
n.
The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.
Connection by blood or marriage; kinship.
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Example sentences
Group exhibition of artists selected through an open-call that considers the seductive relationship artists have with materials.
She has never had a long-term relationship with a recording label, and she has never had a press agent.
Yet this relationship masks longstanding technological and practical differences between still and moving-image cameras.
Instantly, these people have the same relationship to you as an old and valued friend.
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