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relation

[ri-ley-shuhn]
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RELATED WORDS

relationship, alliance, similarity, affiliation, kindred, propinquity, consanguinity, relative, sibling, liaison, affinity, kin, association, kinship

Nearby words

  1. relapsing polychondritis,
  2. relata,
  3. relate,
  4. related,
  5. relatedly,
  6. relational,
  7. relational database,
  8. relations,
  9. relationship,
  10. relationship marketing

Idioms

    in/with relation to, with reference to; concerning: It's best to plan with relation to anticipated changes in one's earnings.

Origin of relation

1350–1400; Middle English relacion < Latin relātiōn- (stem of relātiō). See relate, -ion
ANTONYMS FOR relation
1. independence.
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Related formsre·la·tion·less, adjectivenon·re·la·tion, nounpre·re·la·tion, nounsub·re·la·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for relation

relation

noun

the state or condition of being related or the manner in which things are related
connection by blood or marriage; kinship
a person who is connected by blood or marriage; relative; kinsman
reference or regard (esp in the phrase in or with relation to)
the position, association, connection, or status of one person or thing with regard to another or others
the act of relating or narrating
an account or narrative
law the principle by which an act done at one time is regarded in law as having been done antecedently
law the statement of grounds of complaint made by a relator
logic maths
  1. an association between ordered pairs of objects, numbers, etc, such as … is greater than …
  2. the set of ordered pairs whose members have such an association
philosophy
  1. internal relationa relation that necessarily holds between its relata, as 4 is greater than 2
  2. external relationa relation that does not so hold
See also relations

Word Origin for relation

C14: from Latin relātiō a narration, a relation (between philosophical concepts)
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Word Origin and History for relation

relation

n.

late 14c., "connection, correspondence;" also "act of telling," from Anglo-French relacioun, Old French relacion "report, connection" (14c.), from Latin relationem (nominative relatio) "a bringing back, restoring; a report, proposition," from relatus (see relate). Meaning "person related by blood or marriage" first attested c.1500. Stand-alone phrase no relation "not in the same family" is attested by 1930.

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Medicine definitions for relation

relation

[rĭ-lā′shən]

n.

A logical or natural association between two or more things; relevance of one to another; connection.
The connection of people by blood or marriage; kinship.
A person connected to another by blood or marriage; a relative.
The positional relationship of the teeth or other structures in the mouth.
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Idioms and Phrases with relation

relation

see poor relation; relative (in relation) to.

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