RAPPORT Definition & Meaning

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rapport

[ ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh- ]

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noun

relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
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rapport

/ ��æˈ��ɔː /

noun

often foll by with a sympathetic relationship or understanding See also en rapport

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of rapport¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from French, derivative of rapporter “to bring back, report,” equivalent to r(e)- re- + apporter ( Old French aporter, from Latin ��ǰ��, equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + ��ǰ�� “to carry”; port ⁵ )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of rapport¹

C15: from French, from rapporter to bring back, from re- + aporter , from Latin ap��ǰ�� , from ad to + ��ǰ�� to carry

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His hangout is by the stationary bicycles, where he develops a rapport with Trump’s most craven enablers.

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But after about a year, she didn’t feel like it was going anywhere and hadn’t built up a rapport with either therapist.

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There is a mutual respect and rapport between the two.

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“How vocal he was with inmates. Their rapport — well, what we thought was rapport,” Munguia said.

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His reinvention has been all the more unlikely given what was an ostensibly fraught rapport with his manager only a few months ago.

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