relationship
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relationship
- /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ US, UK
- /ɹəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/
- /ɹəˈlæ̝ɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ Australia
noun relationships
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A connection or association; the condition of being related.
Near-synonym: alliance
Similar: alliance
- The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates. Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
- Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
- A romantic or sexual involvement. They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.
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A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
Near-synonym: footing
Similar: footing
- The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: kinship, family relationship, human relationship, relation, relating, affiliation, associated, interaction, association, relational, union, interrelatedness, conjunction, interrelation, interdependence, connection
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noun connection or association
| Español | relación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 관계 gwan'gye |
| 日本語 | 関係 kankei |
| 中文 | 關係 /关系 guānxì |
| हिन्दी | रिश्ता riśtā, संबंध sambandh, रिश्तेदारी riśtedārī |
| Kiswahili | uhusiano, husiano |
| Português | relacionamento, relação |
| Français | rapport |
| Deutsch | Beziehung, Verwandtschaft |
| Italiano | rapporto, relazione |
| Ελληνικά | σχέση schési |
| Română | relație, legătură, raport, asociere |
| Русский | отноше́ние otnošénije, взаимоотноше́ние vzaimootnošénije, взаимосвя́зь vzaimosvjázʹ, каса́тельство kasátelʹstvo, связь svjazʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | liên hệ, quan hệ |
| العربية | عَلَاقَة ʕalāqa, مُنَاسَبَة munāsaba |
| עברית | מַעֲרֶכֶת יְחָסִים ma'arékhet yekhasím, קֶשֶׁר késher |
noun the connection between ordered pairs of numbers in mathematics
| Русский | отноше́ние otnošénije |
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noun kinship
| 한국어 | 친족 관계 chinjok gwan'gye, 혈연 hyeoryeon, 친족 chinjok |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 血族関係 ketsuzoku kankei, 血縁, 親族 shinzoku |
| 中文 | 親屬關係 /亲属关系 qīnshǔ guānxì, 血緣 /血缘 xuèyuán, 親屬 /亲属 qīnshǔ |
| हिन्दी | रिश्ता riśtā |
| Português | parentesco |
| Français | relation |
| Deutsch | Verwandtschaft |
| Italiano | parentela |
| Ελληνικά | συγγένεια syngéneia |
| Română | rudenie, înrudire |
| Русский | родство́ rodstvó |
| العربية | صِلَة ṣila, عَلَاقَة ʕalāqa |
noun romantic or sexual involvement
| Español | relación, noviazgo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 情愛關係 /情爱关系 qíng'ài guānxi, 性關係 /性关系 xìngguānxi |
| Português | relacionamento, relação |
| Français | relation |
| Deutsch | Beziehung, Verhältnis |
| Italiano | storia, legame, relazione |
| Ελληνικά | σχέση schési |
| Română | relație, legătură |
| Русский | рома́н román, интри́га intríga, любо́вные отноше́ния ljubóvnyje otnošénija |
noun the way in which people behave and are involved with each other
| 한국어 | 관계 gwan'gye |
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Talk about this word "relationship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/relationship. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. relationship. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/relationship "relationship." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/relationship.Cite this
@misc{relationship_2026,
title = {relationship},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/relationship},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
