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   relation

   /rɪˈleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the way in which two or more people or things are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another: "questions about the relation between writing and reality" Similar connectionrelationshipassociationlinkcorrelationcorrespondenceparalleltie-intie-upalliancebondinterrelationinterconnectioninterdependence ofrelevanceapplicabilityapplicationreferencepertinencebearing onregard
   • ▪ the way in which two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other: "the improvement in relations between the two countries" Similar dealingsassociationscommunicationrelationshipconnectionscontactinteractionintercourse
   • ▪ sexual intercourse: formal "we had stopped having relations of any kind" Similar sexsexual intercourseintercourselovemakingmaking lovesex actsexual/vaginal/anal penetrationmatinginformal:nookiebonkingrumpy pumpya bit of the otherhow's your fatherpata-patavulgar slang:screwingfuckingshaggingformal:coituscoitioncopulationarchaic:fornicationcarnal knowledgecongresscommerce
   • 2. a person who is connected by blood or marriage; a relative: "he has no close relations" Similar relativemember of someone's/the familyone's (own) flesh and bloodnext of kinfamilykinkith and kinkindredformal:kinsmankinswoman
   • 3. the action of telling a story.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin relatio(n-), from referre ‘bring back’ (see relate).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • English (US)

     RELATION meaning: 1. the way in which two people or groups...

   • Relation: Portuguese Translation

     RELATION translate: aparentado, aparentada, parente, parente...

   • Relation: Thai Translation

     RELATION translate: เป็นญาติพี่น้องกัน, ความสัมพันธ์,...

   • Relation: Japanese Translation

     RELATION translate: 親類, 親戚, 親族（しんぞく）, 関係（かんけい）. Learn more...

   • Relation: Korean Translation

     RELATION translate: 친척. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Relation: Catalan Translation

     relation translate: parent, -a. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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