Definition of Relationship. What relationship means.

Hands in hand

Word forms: relationships
1. countable noun
The relationship between two people or groups is the way in which they feel and behave towards each other.
...the friendly relationship between France and Britain.
...family relationships.
2. countable noun
A relationship is a close friendship between two people, especially one involving romantic or sexual feelings.
Both of us felt the relationship wasn't really going anywhere.
3. countable noun
The relationship between two things is the way in which they are connected.
There is a relationship between diet and cancer. 
...market mechanisms and their relationship to state capitalism and political freedom.

Pronounciation of Relationship


noun
1. 
the state of being connected or related
2. 
association by blood or marriage; kinship
3. 
the mutual dealings, connections, or feelings that exist between two parties, countries, people, etc
a business relationship
4. 
an emotional or sexual affair or liaison
5. logic, mathematics another name forrelation
Heart shape relationship


Synonyms of 'relationship'

Noun

1 association, bond, communicationsMoney problems place great stress on close family relationships.
association
 The association between the two companies stretches back 30 years.
bond
 the bond that linked them
communications
connection
 There is no evidence of any connection between BSE and the brain diseases recently confirmed in cats.
conjunction
 This is due to a conjunction of religious and social factors.
affinity
 The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
rapport
 He said he wanted to establish a rapport with them.
kinship
 She evidently felt a sense of kinship with the woman.
2 affair, romance, flingShe likes to have a relationship with her leading men.
affair
 A married male supervisor was carrying on an affair with a colleague.
romance
 a holiday romance
fling
 She had a fling with him 30 years ago.
liaison
 She embarked on a series of sexual liaisons with society figures.
amour
 This meaningful amour had gone horribly wrong.
intrigue
 She detected her husband in an intrigue with a prostitute.
3 connection, link, proportionthe relationship between culture and power
connection
 Check radiators for small leaks, especially round pipework connections.
link
 the link between smoking and lung cancer
proportion
 the proportion of women in the profession
parallel
 Detectives realised there were parallels between the two murders.
ratio
 The adult to child ratio is 1 to 6.
similarity
tie-up
 The deal is expected to result in a tie-up between the two companies.
correlation
 There is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
read-across
Hands in relationship

Quotation

A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark[Woody Allen – Annie Hall]