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relation
[ ri-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
the relation between cause and effect.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- relations,
- the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.:
foreign relations.
- the various connections in which persons are brought together:
business and social relations.
- sexual intercourse.
- the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc.
- connection between persons by blood or marriage.
Synonyms: ,
- a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative:
his wife's relations.
- the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration.
Synonyms: , ,
- Law. a principle whereby effect is given to an act done at one time as if it had been done at a previous time.
- Mathematics.
- a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality.
- a single- or multiple-valued function.
relation
/ ɪˈɪʃə /
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
- an association between ordered pairs of objects, numbers, etc, such as … is greater than …
- the set of ordered pairs whose members have such an association
- philosophy
- a relation that necessarily holds between its relata, as 4 is greater than 2
- a relation that does not so hold
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·tDz· adjective
- ԴDzr·tDz noun
- r·tDz noun
- ܲr·tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of relation1
Idioms and Phrases
- in / with relation to, with reference to; concerning:
It's best to plan with relation to anticipated changes in one's earnings.
More idioms and phrases containing relation
see poor relation ; relative (in relation) to .Example Sentences
Spokespeople for the UC Office of the President, the central administrative operation that works with all campuses and handles federal government relations, did not immediately reply to a request for more details.
I did feel some sense of cosmic justice after Ney’s resignation in 2006, when he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
And now YouTubers, according to Kim, have become the president's public relations machine.
She found Excel's "conduct in relation to this litigation was both unreasonable and out of the norm", and therefore ordered the firm to pay the winning party's legal costs of £10,240.10.
As for her new blood relations, she says the situation has been more difficult.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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