noun
Meaning 1
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: alliance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alliance
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: alliance
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A romantic or sexual involvement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: footing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: human relationship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: partnership, personal relation, personal relationship
noun
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: kinship, family relationship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: affinity, phylogenetic relation, descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation, consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation, parentage, birth, fatherhood, paternity, motherhood, maternity, sisterhood, sistership, brotherhood, marital relationship, marital bed
noun
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: anaclisis, love affair, romance, sexual relationship
noun
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: account, business relationship, acquaintance, acquaintanceship, affiliation, association, tie, tie-up, assimilation, friendship, friendly relationship, membership, subjugation, subjection
History
Etymology tree English relation Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English relationship From relation + -ship. Displaced native Old English sibb.
Across languages
248 source translations are retained for this English entry.