RELATIONSHIP Definition & Meaning

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relationship

[ ri-ley-shuhn-ship ]

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noun

a connection, association, or involvement.
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connection between persons by blood or marriage.
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an emotional or other connection between people:
the relationship between teachers and students.
a sexual involvement; affair.

relationship

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noun

the state of being connected or related
association by blood or marriage; kinship
the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etc
a business relationship
an emotional or sexual affair or liaison
logic maths another name for relation

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of relationship¹

First recorded in 1735–45; relation + -ship

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Synonym Study

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.

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He wants to get sober and repair his relationship with his daughter.

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“We need to have a working relationship with ICE.”

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Richard Burton was a global icon - famed for his powerful, baritone voice and passionate yet tumultuous relationship with fellow megastar Elizabeth Taylor.

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On the other hand, her relationship with the man she has always known as her older brother has, she thinks, been strengthened by what she's gone through.

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Theirs is not a wholly furtive relationship, but it is not altogether an open one either.

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