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- pronunciation:
- rih
leI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
association or connection between or among things.
Does this recent theft have any relation to the other incidents that have happened recently?- synonyms:
- association, connection, interconnection, link, relationship, tie
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| definition 2: |
(pl.) the associations or interactions between peoples, nations, or individuals.
Relations between the two countries have improved in recent years.These are two separate organizations and they have had no formal relations.The anthropologists were most interested in the family relations within the group.- synonyms:
- commerce, connection, interaction
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| definition 3: |
reference; connection.
The student asked the professor a question in relation to the assigned project.- synonyms:
- reference, regard, respect
- similar words:
- bearing
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| definition 4: |
one who is related by blood to another; relative.
She has many relations in Poland whom she has never met.- synonyms:
- blood, kin, relative
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| definition 5: |
a blood or family connection between two or more people.
He was proud of his relation to the famous general, and he often boasted about it.- synonyms:
- kinship
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| definition 6: |
a narrative account; a telling.
His relation to us of what happened on that night was chilling.- synonyms:
- account, narration, narrative, story, tale
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| definition 7: |
(pl.; formal) sexual relations; sexual intercourse.
The pathologist noted that the victim had recently had relations. |
| related words: |
brother, connection, description, expression, family, intimacy, people, proportion, tie |
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