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re⋅la⋅tion⋅ship

  [ri-ley-shuhn-ship]
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–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

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.
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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.

  3. A particular type of connection existing between people related to or having dealings with each other: has a close relationship with his siblings.

  4. A romantic or sexual involvement.

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Main Entry: re·la·tion·ship
Pronunciation: -sh&n-"ship
Function: noun
1 : the state of being related or interrelatedrelationship between diet, blood, cholesterol levels, and coronary heart disease —Current Biography>
2 a : a state of affairs existingbetween those having relations or dealings relationship —Journal of the American Medical Association> b : an emotional attachment between individuals relationship>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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