Definitions for relationship
rɪˈleɪ ʃənˌʃɪpre·la·tion·ship

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 4 votes)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 / 2 votes)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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. relationship

   A couple who have a kind and romantic connection.

   We are in our relationship now for a year and choose to marry each other.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

2. relationship

   The kind way people communicate and behave with each other.

   Their relationship was one of mutual respect, love, support and passion.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

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

How to pronounce relationship?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say relationship in sign language?

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

Examples of relationship in a Sentence

1. Sara Watson:

   The reason we focused our attention on height is precisely because height is a strong predictor of income-- and many social scientists, including economists and anthropologists, believe that this relationship is at least partly causal, so we do think there is a causal relationship between height and voting which operates through income.

2. Deborah Nichols:

   Girls partially are socialized to, sadly, care about appearance and relationships and social media fosters that kind of relationship building.

3. Michael Cohen:

   There's no relationship, the last time that there was any activity between Trump Organization -- actually, wasn't even really the Trump Organization, it was the Miss Universe pageant, it was held in Moscow.

4. Aubrey Fox:

   The most striking aspect of this relationship is that there is a tipping point.

5. Anuj Somany:

   The more a mother intrudes with her advice into her married daughter’s house, the more she spoils her daughter’s relationship with the spouse.

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