relation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acquaintance noun A person you know slightly, but who is not a close friend.
- relation noun The way in which two or more things are connected or associated with each other.
- relationship noun The way two or more people or things are connected, or the connection itself.
Senses
relation is used for these senses in English:
- acquaintance (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]
- acquaintance (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. [from 14th c.]
- relationship Connection or association; the condition of being related.
acquaintance — full definition
- noun A person you know slightly, but who is not a close friend.
- noun A slight or general knowledge of something.
relation — full definition
- noun The way in which two or more things are connected or associated with each other.
- noun A member of your extended family; a relative.
- noun (mathematics) A set of ordered pairs or tuples linking elements of two or more sets.