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relationship — re‧la‧tion‧ship [rɪˈleɪʆnʆɪp] 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
Relationship — 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… … Wikipedia
Relationship — • A certain connection of persons established either by nature or by civil or canon law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Relationship Relationship … Catholic encyclopedia
relationship — I (connection) noun alignment, amalgamation, analogy, appositeness, association, bearing, bond, coaction, coalition, cognatio, cognation, combination, confederacy, coniunctio, connecting link, consociation, correlation, interconnection,… … Law dictionary
Relationship — 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
relationship — 1744, sense of being related, from RELATION (Cf. relation) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Specifically of romantic or sexual relationships by 1944 … Etymology dictionary
relationship — [n] connection; friendship accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, appositeness, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, consociation, contact, contingency, correlation, dependence, dependency, exchange,… … New thesaurus
relationship — [ri lā′shən ship΄] n. 1. the quality or state of being related; connection 2. connection by blood, marriage, etc.; kinship 3. a particular instance of being related 4. a continuing attachment or association between persons, firms, etc., specif.,… … English World dictionary
relationship — noun 1 between people/groups/countries ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, good, happy, harmonious, healthy, strong ▪ They have a very healthy father son relationship. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
relationship — 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,… … Combinatory dictionary
