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- [ri-ley-shuh n]
- /rɪˈleɪ ʃən/
- /rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-ley-shuh n]
- /rɪˈleɪ ʃən/
Definitions of relations word
- noun relations an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect. 1
- noun relations relations. the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.: foreign relations. the various connections in which persons are brought together: business and social relations. sexual intercourse. 1
- noun relations the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc. 1
- noun relations connection between persons by blood or marriage. 1
- noun relations a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative: his wife's relations. 1
- noun relations the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration. 1
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Origin of relations
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English relacion < Latin relātiōn- (stem of relātiō). See relate, -ion
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Parts of speech for Relations
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relations popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
relations usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for relations
noun relations
- binuclear family — a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.
- birds and bees — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- blood — Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
- carnal knowledge — Chiefly Law. sexual intercourse.
- cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
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