Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. relationship, human relationship(noun)

   a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)

   "the relationship between mothers and their children"

2. relationship(noun)

   a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

   "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"

3. relationship(noun)

   a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

4. kinship, family relationship, relationship(noun)

   (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. relationship(Noun)

   Connection or association; the condition of being related.

2. relationship(Noun)

   Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

3. relationship(Noun)

   A romantic or sexual involvement.

4. relationship(Noun)

   The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Relationship(noun)

   the state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Relationship

   An archaeological relationship is the position in space and by implication, in time, of an object or context with respect to another. This is determined, not by linear measurement but by determining the sequence of their deposition - which arrived before the other. The key to this is stratigraphy.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'relationship' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #755

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'relationship' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1362

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'relationship' in Nouns Frequency: #200

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of relationship in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of relationship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Morrie Schwartz:

   Death ends life not a relationship

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   I don't have much of a relationship.

3. Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom:

   Death ends a life, not a relationship.

4. Accompanying Hammond:

   Our relationship has improved since 2011.

5. Zeke Smith:

   That was developed later in our relationship.

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