Definition of 'relationship'
Word forms: plural relationships
1. countable noun
The relationship between two people or groups is the way in which they feel and behave toward each other.
2. countable noun
3. countable noun
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relationship in American English
noun
1.
the quality or state of being related; connection
2.
connection by blood, marriage, etc.; kinship
3.
a particular instance of being related
4.
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relationship in American English
(rɪˈleiʃənˌʃɪp)
noun
SYNONYMS 1. dependence, alliance, kinship. 2. affinity, consanguinity. relationship, kinship refer to connection with others by blood or by marriage. relationship can be applied to connection either by birth or by marriage: relationship to a ruling family. kinship generally denotes common descent and implies a more intimate connection than relationship:
the ties and obligations of kinship. 1.
a connection, association, or involvement
2.
connection between persons by blood or marriage
3.
an emotional or other connection between people
the relationship between teachers and students
4.
a sexual involvement; affair
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relationship
British English: relationship
/rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/ NOUN
The relationship between two people or groups is the way they feel and behave towards each other.
...close family relationships.
- American English: relationship /rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp/
- Arabic: عَلاقَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: relacionamento
- Chinese: 关系
- Croatian: odnos
- Czech: vztah
- Danish: forhold
- Dutch: relatie
- European Spanish: relación
- Finnish: suhde
- French: relation
- German: Beziehung
- Greek: σχέση
- Italian: rapporto
- Japanese: 関係
- Korean: 관계
- Norwegian: forhold
- Polish: stosunek związek
- European Portuguese: relação
- Romanian: relație
- Russian: отношение
- Spanish: relación
- Swedish: förhållande
- Thai: ความสัมพันธ์
- Turkish: ilişki
- Ukrainian: відносини
- Vietnamese: mối quan hệ
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