Phrase guide

in relation to

prep · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep

Meaning 1

Concerning; in reference to.

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2

prep

Meaning 2

In comparison with.

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History

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِالنِّسْبَة إِلَى (bi-n-nisba ʔilā) — concerning; in reference to
  • Arabic: بالنسبة لـ (benesba le) — concerning; in reference to
  • Finnish: liittyen — concerning; in reference to
  • German: hinsichtlich — concerning; in reference to
  • German: betreffend — concerning; in reference to
  • German: in Bezug auf — concerning; in reference to
  • German: bezüglich — concerning; in reference to
  • Hungarian: illetően — concerning; in reference to
  • Hungarian: kapcsolatban — concerning; in reference to
  • Hungarian: vonatkozóan — concerning; in reference to
  • Hungarian: vonatkozólag — concerning; in reference to
  • Indonesian: dalam hal — concerning; in reference to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammenlignet med — concerning; in reference to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vis-à-vis — concerning; in reference to
  • Polish: odnośnie do — concerning; in reference to
  • Polish: w związku z — concerning; in reference to
  • Russian: в отноше́нии (v otnošénii) — concerning; in reference to
  • Russian: относи́тельно (otnosítelʹno) — concerning; in reference to
  • Russian: что каса́ется (što kasájetsja) — concerning; in reference to
  • Russian: каса́тельно (kasátelʹno) — concerning; in reference to
  • Spanish: en relación a — concerning; in reference to
  • Arabic: بِالْمُقَارَنَة مَعَ (bi-l-muqārana maʕa) — by comparison with, compared with
  • Arabic: مُقَارَنَةً مَعَ (muqāranatan maʕa) — by comparison with, compared with
  • Arabic: بالمقرنة مع (belmuqarana maʕ) — by comparison with, compared with
  • Finnish: verrattuna — by comparison with, compared with
  • French: par rapport à — by comparison with, compared with
  • German: verglichen mit — by comparison with, compared with
  • German: im Vergleich zu — by comparison with, compared with
  • Hungarian: képest — by comparison with, compared with
  • Hungarian: mérten — by comparison with, compared with
  • Hungarian: viszonyítva — by comparison with, compared with
  • Italian: rispetto a — by comparison with, compared with
  • Italian: in confronto a — by comparison with, compared with
  • Polish: w porównaniu z — by comparison with, compared with
  • Portuguese: em relação a — by comparison with, compared with
  • Romanian: raportat la — by comparison with, compared with
  • Russian: в отноше́нии (v otnošénii) — by comparison with, compared with