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1. (n.) relation
a significant association between or among things; connection:
the relation between cause and effect.
2. relation
relations,
3. relation
the various connections or dealings between peoples, countries, etc.:
foreign relations.
4. relation
the various connections in which persons are brought together:
business relations.
5. relation
sexual intercourse.
6. relation
the mode or kind of connection between one person or thing and another.
7. relation
connection between persons by blood or marriage; relationship.
8. relation
a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative.
9. relation
the act of relating or narrating.
10. relation
Law. a principle whereby an act done at one time is presumed to have taken effect at a previous time.
11. relation
Math.
12. relation
a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality.
13. relation
a single- or multiple-valued function.
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| Definition of 'relation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
2. (noun) sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
3. (noun) relative, relation
a person related by blood or marriage
"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
4. (noun) relation, telling, recounting
an act of narration
"he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
5. (noun) relation back, relation
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
"his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
6. (noun) relation
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
"international relations"
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1. relation
sb who is a member of your family; = relative
Most of my relations live in the south.
2. relation
a connection or link between people or things
the relation between birth weight and intelligence; The story in the newspapers has no relation to reality.
3. relation
in relation to
compared to
How are his reading skills in relation to his speaking skills?
4. relation
in connection with
In relation to your earlier question, I think that should be possible.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) relation
the act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events
2. (noun) relation
the state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant
3. (noun) relation
reference; respect; regard
4. (noun) relation
connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children
5. (noun) relation
a person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman
6. (noun) relation
the carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation
7. (noun) relation
the act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun
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Sense: a person who belongs to the same family as oneself either by birth or because of marriage
uncles, aunts, cousins and other relations.
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 Afrikaans: verwant |
 Arabic: أحَدُ الأقْرِباء |
 Bulgarian: роднина |
 Brazilian: parente |
 Czech: příbuzný, -á |
 German: die Verwandschaft |
 Danish: slægtning; pårørende |
 Greek: συγγενής |
 Spanish: pariente |
 Estonian: sugulane |
 Farsi: نسبت؛ خویشاوند |
 Finnish: sukulainen |
 French: parent, parente |
 Hebrew: קָרוֹב מִשפָּחָה |
 Hindi: रिश्तेदार |
 Croatian: rodbinska veza, srodstvo |
 Hungarian: rokon |
 Indonesian: kerabat |
 Icelandic: skyldmenni |
 Italian: parente |
 Japanese: 親類 |
 Korean: 친척 |
 Lithuanian: giminė |
 Latvian: radinieks |
 Malay: hubungan darah |
 Dutch: familielid |
 Norwegian: slektning |
 Polish: krewny |
 Persian: نسبت؛ خویشاوند |
 Pashto: نكل، روايت، خپل: خپلوى:اړ |
 Portuguese: parente |
 Romanian: rudă |
 Russian: родственник |
 Slovak: príbuzný, -á |
 Slovenian: sorodnik |
 Serbian: rođak |
 Swedish: släkt |
 Thai: เป็นญาติพี่น้องกัน |
 Turkish: akraba |
 Taiwanese: 親屬關係 |
 Ukrainian: родич, родичка |
 Urdu: رشتے دار |
 Vietnamese: họ hàng thân thuộc |
 Chinese: 亲属关系 |
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