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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
relation/rɪˈleɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the way in which two or more people or things are connected or related.
■ (relations) the way in which two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other.
- 2 a relative.
- 3 the action of telling a story.
- 4 (relations) formal sexual intercourse.
– phrases
in relation to in connection with.
in relation to in connection with.
– derivatives
relational adjective,
relationally adverb.
relational adjective,
relationally adverb.
'relation' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute
- absolutely
- absolute value
- against
- altitude
- antiparticle
- apo-
- bearing
- bereave
- blood relation
- bracket
- brother
- case
- Celtic fringe
- commutation
- commute
- conjugate
- constant
- correlation
- correlative
- cost–benefit
- cost-effective
- crude
- cytogenetics
- daughter
- day
- devalue
- direct proportion
- disequilibrium
- disjunction
- dissymmetry
- dominant
- economical
- equivalence class
- equivalence relation
- father
- feng shui
- filiation
- flow chart
- focus
- for
- frame
- function
- Gantt chart
- gear
- geocentric
- geomorphology
- godchild
- government
- graph
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"Let down" with relation to sleep
"wield" in relation to a language
business relation - or business relationship
concern / relation
El nino and relation between language and weather
expressions about "relation"
Girlfriend vs Temporary relation
help in relation to countable and uncountable nouns
how to use relation and relationship ?
I am calling in relation to
I am looking for a word in relation to architecture
in direct relation to the same being done by a BVI inspector
in relation to areas
in relation to vs with regard to
In relation to/in regards to
industrial relation changes, restructuring, retrenchment
Inquiries in relation to the definite article.
link vs relation vs relationship
meaning of worries? in relation to voting against
or any appeal or similar bond or security in relation to the
relatedness vs relation
relation - relationship
relation and relationship
relation and relationship
Relation and Relationship
relation between "some" and "others"
relation or relationship
relation or relationship
relation or relationship
more...
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