relationship

(rĭ-lā'shən-shĭp')
n.

1. The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.
2. Connection by blood or marriage; kinship.
3. A particular type of connection existing between people related to or having dealings with each other: has a close relationship with his siblings.
4. A romantic or sexual involvement.

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noun

A logical or natural association between two or more things: connection, correlation, interconnection, interdependence, interrelationship, link, linkage, relation, tie-in. Informal hookup. See connect.

1. The tendency for variations in one variable to be associated with variations in some other variable.

2. The mutual dealings between two or more people. See also interpersonal relationship, intrapersonal relationship.

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Quotes:

"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

"We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves." - Henri Frederic Amiel

"You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire." - W. H. Auden

"The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one." - Joan Baez

"For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship." - Warren Beatty

"The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope." - Walter Benjamin

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Relationships encountered in a dream involve either real people that are consciously known by the dreamer in their waking-life, or meetings with persons that are unknown to the dreamer. The latter may represent the relationship between different aspects of the dreamer's psyche.

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The state that exists when one variable is related to another variable in some way.

• direct r. — when changes in the value of one of the variables is mirrored by a change in the same direction in the other variable.

n

The condition of being associated or interconnected.

For a list of words related to relationship, see:

• Logic - relationship: connection by means of conditionals and/or quantifiers between two or more propositions
• Love and Romance - relationship: involvement of two persons in love

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Common misspelling(s) of relationship

• relatiopnship

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forhold, forbindelse

idioms:

• have a relationship with    have et forhold til
• master-servant relationship    et forhold som mellem herre og tjener

Nederlands (Dutch)
(seksuele) relatie, verhouding, verwantschap dienstbetrekking

Français (French)
n. - relations, relation, rapport (avec, entre), lien de parenté

idioms:

• have a relationship with    avoir une relation/liaison avec
• master-servant relationship    rapport maître-serviteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beziehung, Verhältnis, Verwandtschaftsverhältnis

idioms:

• have a relationship with    ein Verhältnis haben mit
• master-servant relationship    Arbeitsverhältnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχέση, συνάφεια, συγγένεια, (καθομ.) (ερωτική) σχέση

idioms:

• have a relationship with    έχω σχέση με
• master-servant relationship    σχέση αφέντη-υπηρέτη

Italiano (Italian)
relazione, rapporto, parentela

idioms:

• have a relationship with    avere una relazione con
• master-servant relationship    nesso di dipendenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - relação (m), parentesco (m), ligação (f)

idioms:

• have a relationship with    relacionar-se
• master-servant relationship    relação patrão-empregado

Русский (Russian)
отношение, отношения, связь, родство

idioms:

• have a relationship with    иметь роман с
• master-servant relationship    (юрид.) отношение хозяина к служащим, субординация

Español (Spanish)
n. - relaciones, relación, parentesco

idioms:

• have a relationship with    tener una relación con
• master-servant relationship    relación entre principal-subordinado, relación laboral, relación entre patrón y empleado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förhållande, samband

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
关系, 关联, 亲属关系, 人际关系, 姻亲关系

idioms:

• have a relationship with    与...有关系
• master-servant relationship    主仆关系

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 關係, 關聯, 親屬關係, 人際關係, 姻親關係

idioms:

• have a relationship with    與...有關係
• master-servant relationship    主僕關係

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관계, 친척 관계

idioms:

• have a relationship with    친족관계가 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 関係, 人間関係, 親せき関係

idioms:

• have a relationship with    と関係がある
• love-hate relationship    親密な関係
• master-servant relationship    主人と使用人の関係

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) علاقه علاقه السيد بالعبد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יחסים, קשר, קרבה (משפחתית)‬

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