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liaison — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affair noun A matter, event, or piece of business, especially one being discussed in a general or vague way.
  • binding adj Legally or officially required to be followed; not optional.
  • bond noun A certificate representing a loan to a government or company, which pays interest and repays the original amount later.
  • connection noun The act of connecting.
  • fling verb To throw something suddenly and with force.
  • liaison noun A person who acts as a link between two groups, passing information back and forth.
  • linkage noun A connection or relationship between two things or ideas.

Senses

liaison is used for these senses in English:

  • affair A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
  • binding The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • binding (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
  • bond (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
  • connection The point at which two or more things are connected.
  • fling A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
  • linkage (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
  • love affair An affair; a usually adulterous relationship between people who are not married to each other.

affair — full definition

  1. noun A matter, event, or piece of business, especially one being discussed in a general or vague way.
  2. noun A secret romantic or sexual relationship, especially involving someone who is already in a committed relationship.
  3. noun A social event, especially a formal or elaborate one.

binding — full definition

  1. adj Legally or officially required to be followed; not optional.
  2. noun The cover and stitching that hold the pages of a book together.
  3. noun A strip of fabric or tape used to finish the edge of a seam or hem.
  4. noun In computing, the association between a name and something it refers to, such as a variable and its value.

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