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rapport
[ ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh- ]
noun
- relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
Synonyms: understanding, camaraderie, fellowship
rapport
/ ræˈpɔː /
noun
- See en rapportoften foll by with a sympathetic relationship or understanding See also en rapport
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- nonrap·port noun
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Origin of rapport1
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Example Sentences
They offered a shower and a shave, of course, but Steve was more taken by their warmth and rapport.
My roommate and I were placed randomly together last-minute, and due to our drastically different lifestyles and schedules, we barely saw each other last semester and still have not yet formed a coherent rapport.
You and your new neighbor, Jack, quickly build a friendly rapport and, after a couple weeks, you give him a set of keys, in case of emergency.
Having discussions about that beforehand seems to me like the best way to maintain good rapport and family peace.
This also shows consumers that you follow through on your promises which builds customer–brand rapport.
One agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.
Alas, there will be no buddy movie to capture the Abramson/McConnell rapport.
Is there some kind of rapport that makes it okay to convey this without seeming like a threat?
He was so kind at that moment; I immediately felt a rapport with him.
Developing a solid rapport with your fellow cast members to allow for some magical improv when the cameras start rolling?
We need, as it were, to place ourselves en rapport with the mind alike of the conquered and the conquerors.
Rapport, who took the lovers part, had been kept awake all night by an abscess on his finger, and was nearly fainting.
What is meant by rapport in the group may be illustrated by a somewhat similar phenomenon which occurs in hypnosis.
Twelve miles off lived a presbyter, with whom, in mesmerist phraseology, he was en rapport.
Two weekly newspapers kept the citizens en rapport with the outside world and the hustling life of the large cities.
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