relations

/ (rɪˈleɪʃənz) /


pl n
  1. social, political, or personal connections or dealings between or among individuals, groups, nations, etc: to enjoy good relations

  2. family or relatives

  1. euphemistic sexual intercourse

Words Nearby relations

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How to use relations in a sentence

  • So strained became the relations between them, that for the last part of the advance they no longer met at meals.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • Levison's relations think he will cut up well at his death; Levison's relations are right.

  • It consists in finding relations between the objects of thought with an immediate awareness of those relations.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • The relations between country bank officials and the officials of this bank have been most cordial.

    Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur Phillips
  • During his absence his own relations and the chief families in his town became the objects of persecution.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman