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relationship

[ ri-ley-shuhn-ship ]

/ rɪˈleɪ ʃənˌʃɪp /

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noun

a connection, association, or involvement.

connection between persons by blood or marriage.

an emotional or other connection between people: the relationship between teachers and students.

a sexual involvement; affair.

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Origin of relationship

First recorded in 1735–45; relation + -ship

SYNONYMS FOR relationship

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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OTHER WORDS FROM relationship

pre·re·la·tion·ship, noun

Words nearby relationship

related, relation, relational, relational database, relations, relationship, relationship marketing, relative, relative accommodation, relative aperture, relative atomic mass

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Example sentences from the Web for relationship

That explanation is believable…but increasingly less so when you hear Jay talk about the nature of his relationship with Adnan.
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They know nothing about this relationship between two strangers.
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Why do these people care so much what others think of their relationship?
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Removing choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship.
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Since filming the show, however, her relationship with classical music has obviously changed.
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And here I must admit that this is about as far as we have got at present in the investigation of this relationship.
Astronomical Discovery|Herbert Hall Turner
The position of the vagrans group in relationship to other members of the genus will be discussed.
Speciation of the Wandering Shrew|James S. Findley
Mr. Mason was gratified to meet Roger Carrington again in the relationship to which he had once so cordially welcomed him.
A Little Girl in Old Washington|Amanda M. Douglas
As a general rule, the relationship of peoples to each other can be told by the languages which they speak.
The World War and What was Behind It|Louis P. Benezet
Relationship creates bonds, ties, obligations between the several persons united by it.
The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter|Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for relationship

relationship

/ (rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp) /

noun

the state of being connected or related

association by blood or marriage; kinship

the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etca business relationship

an emotional or sexual affair or liaison

logic maths another name for relation (def. 10)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for relationship

relationship

[ rĭ-lā′shən-shĭp′ ]

n.

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

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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