The meaning of Relation

noun

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

Usage examples:

A defensive alliance between australia and new zealand

noun

A group of countries, political parties, or people who work together because of shared interests or aims, or the act of forming such a group

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[ c ] switzerland does not belong to any military alliance., [ u ] alliance against our common enem…

noun

An agreement to work with another person, organization, etc. to try to achieve the same thing

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A business/economic/marketing alliance, forge/form/enter into an alliance with sb/sth the company w…

noun

The quality of being relevant or appropriate.

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The case has raised questions about the applicability of local laws to acts committed by foreigners…

noun

The fact of affecting or relating to a person or thing

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The general applicability of these basic principles

noun

A formal request to be considered for a position or to be allowed to do or have something, submitted to an authority, institution, or organization.

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An application for leave

noun

A particular use

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[ u ] a letter of application, [ c ] i’ve sent off applications for four different jobs.

noun

An official request for a job, a place on a course, etc., usually in writing

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An application for sth we received over 250 applications for the post., make/submit an application …

noun

(often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose.

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The national association of probation officers

noun

A group of people united in an organization because of their common interests

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The aarp, the american association of retired persons, is a huge organization with millions of memb…

noun

A group of people or organizations who work together for a particular purpose, often used in the names of particular organizations

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The creation of more part-time jobs is supported by the employers' association., a business/profess…

noun

A relationship between people or groups based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences.

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There was a bond of understanding between them

verb

Join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.

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Press the material to bond the layers together

noun

A close and lasting relationship between people

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The bond between parents and children is usually very strong., the county issued $4 million in bond…

noun

A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.

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The connections between social attitudes and productivity

noun

The fact of arriving on an aircraft, train, etc., before a second vehicle, on which passengers can continue their trip, leaves

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We were delayed and missed our connection., [ c ] a sewer connection, [ c ] science has not shown a…

noun

A relationship between two things, ideas, etc.

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Connection between sth and sth a study of the connection between pay and performance, a(n) internet…

noun

A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

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Research showed a clear correlation between recession and levels of property crime

noun

A connection between two or more things

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There is a proven correlation between educational level and income., [ t ] the study found that wea…

noun

A connection between two or more things, especially when one of them causes or influences the other

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Correlation between sth and sth the research aims to identify if there is a correlation between cor…

noun

A close similarity, connection, or equivalence.

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There is a simple correspondence between the distance of a focused object from the eye and the size…

noun

Letters written from one person to another, or the activity of writing and receiving letters

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She was behind in her correspondence, and had at least six letters to write.

noun

Written communications such as letters and emails

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Keep copies of all correspondence., email/written correspondence, correspondence between sb and sb …

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

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A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

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[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

A mutual connection between two or more things.

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The complex interconnections between people's lives in modern society

noun

Connection with other things that are related to each other

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These objects show the interconnections between all of the ancient cultures in the middle east., th…

noun

The way in which each of two or more things is related to the other or others.

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The interrelation between industry and agriculture

noun

The way in which two or more things or people are connected and affect one another

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The interrelationship between smoking and respiratory disease

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance

adjective

(of a person) related.

Usage examples:

He was kin to the brothers

suffix

Forming diminutive nouns such as bumpkin, catkin.

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Yet in all these instances family custom ensured some distribution of property to members of a prop…

adjective

Similar in kind; related.

Usage examples:

Books on kindred subjects

adjective

Being related, esp. by having the same opinions, feelings, and interests

Usage examples:

We recognized each other as kindred spirits as soon as we met.

noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a man who is one of a person's blood relations.

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They pointed to their linguistic affinities "in convincing colonists to allow their 'kinsmen' to 'r…

noun

A man who belongs to the same family as someone else

noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a woman who is one of a person's blood relations.

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In her will she left her possessions to friends and kinswomen

noun

A woman who belongs to the same family as someone else

noun

People you are connected with, especially by family relationships

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

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A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

abbreviation

Recto.

noun

The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A number between +1 and −1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data.

noun

The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected.

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The study will assess the relationship between unemployment and political attitudes

noun

The way in which things are connected or work together

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Write an essay on the economic relationship between farming and transportation., "what is your rela…

noun

The way in which two or more companies, countries, or people behave towards each other

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Creating lasting relationships is vital for success in business., we have an excellent working rela…

adjective

Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

Usage examples:

The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

noun

A person connected by blood or marriage.

Usage examples:

Much of my time is spent visiting relatives

adjective

As judged or measured in comparison with something else

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We considered the relative merits of flying to washington or taking the train., relative to (= cons…

noun

The quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate.

Usage examples:

This film has contemporary relevance

noun

The degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being talked about

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What relevance does that point have to the discussion?

phrasal verb

Fit or harmonize with something.

Usage examples:

She may have developed ideas which don't necessarily tie in with mine

phrasal verb

Incorporate or involve something.

Usage examples:

The film ties in the original storyline

phrasal verb

To plan something so that it happens as part of another activity

Usage examples:

Tie in with sth the product launch date was set to tie in with the movie release., tie sth in with …