relationship

  • 1relationship — re‧la‧tion‧ship [rɪˈleɪʆnʆɪp] noun [countable] the way in which people, companies, countries etc that are working together behave towards each other: relationship with/​between/​among • A key to success will be our relationship with our… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 2Relationship — or relationships may refer to: Interpersonal relationship Intimate relationship In mathematics and statistics: Binary relation Causal relationship Correlation and dependence Direct relationship Inverse relationship In database design: Entity… …

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  • 3Relationship — • A certain connection of persons established either by nature or by civil or canon law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Relationship     Relationship      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 4relationship — I (connection) noun alignment, amalgamation, analogy, appositeness, association, bearing, bond, coaction, coalition, cognatio, cognation, combination, confederacy, coniunctio, connecting link, consociation, correlation, interconnection,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 5Relationship — Re*la tion*ship, n. The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6relationship — 1744, sense of being related, from RELATION (Cf. relation) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Specifically of romantic or sexual relationships by 1944 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 7relationship — [n] connection; friendship accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, appositeness, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, consociation, contact, contingency, correlation, dependence, dependency, exchange,… …

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  • 8relationship — noun 1 between people/groups/countries ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, good, happy, harmonious, healthy, strong ▪ They have a very healthy father son relationship. ▪ …

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  • 9relationship — n. 1) to cement; establish a relationship (to establish a relationship with smb.) 2) to bear, have a relationship (to bear a relationship to smt.) 3) to break off a relationship (to break off a relationship with smb.) 4) a casual; close,… …

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  • 10relationship — re|la|tion|ship W1S1 [rıˈleıʃənʃıp] n 1.) the way in which two people or two groups feel about each other and behave towards each other relationship with ▪ I have quite a good relationship with my parents. ▪ She has a close relationship with her… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English