re·la·tion·ship

[ri-ley-shuhn-ship]
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.

Origin:
1735–45; relation + -ship

pre·re·la·tion·ship, noun


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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relationship (rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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relationship
1744, "sense of being related," from relation + -ship. Specifically of romantic or sexual relationships by 1944.
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relationship re·la·tion·ship (rĭ-lā'shən-shĭp')
n.

  1. The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.

  2. Connection by blood or marriage; kinship.

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Yet this relationship masks longstanding technological and practical
  differences between still and moving-image cameras.
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