relation

relation
/rI'leISFn/ noun
1 FAMILY (C) a member of your family; relative: We have relations in Canada and Scotland. | close/distant relation: Diane's a distant relation of mine - a third cousin, I think. | no relation (=not a relative): His name's Johnson too - no relation.
—see also: blood relation, poor relation poor (12), —see relationship
2 BETWEEN PEOPLE/COUNTRIES relations (plural)
a) official connections between companies, countries etc: Canada and Italy established diplomatic relations in 1970.
b) the way in which people or groups of people behave towards each other
(+ between): Relations between workers and management have improved recently.
3 in relation to used to talk about something that is connected with or compared with the thing you are talking about: Women's earnings are still very low in relation to men's.
4 CONNECTION (C, U) a connection between two or more things: bear no relation to (=have no connection with and be completely different from something): The retail price bears no relation to the price the farmer receives.
5 have (sexual) relations (with) old-fashioned to have sex with someone

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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