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relation Noun

— A relation is the way two things are towards each other or in comparison with each other. This building looks too big in relation to the size of the houses on the street. The children sitting in the boat were moving in relation to their parents who were sitting on the shore because the boat was going away from shore. There is a relation between eating good food and being healthy. — A relation is a member of ones' family. I have an uncle, two aunts and three cousins but no other relations. — A relation is a statement of equality between two products of generators that are used when showing a group.

relation

— noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together — noun (= sexual intercourse) the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur — noun (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups international relations — noun (= recounting) an act of narration he was the hero according to his own relation his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable — noun (= relation back) (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed — noun (= relative) a person related by blood or marriage police are searching for relatives of the deceased he has distant relations back in New Jersey

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connection relative relationship kinsman association kin narration kindred link kinship affinity reference understanding respect relevance regard ratio concern acquaintance telling relations relation back recounting narrative kinswoman intercourse family correspondence copulation contact bearing terms story sexual relation sexual intercourse sexual congress sex act report relevancy relatedness nexus matter kith kinsfolk interrelation friendship footing fellow-clansman fellow countryman fellow clansman

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Grammar

Related by birth

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blood relation

States Time

Relative time

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relative to in relation to before or after

Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations

Relations involving correspondences

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correspond to correspondence in accordance with in relation to according to in line with in proportion to to apply to to regard as applicable to in keeping with

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Simple sentences

The murder case may bear a relation on his sudden death.

I had a lot to say in relation to that affair.

I am in the dark about the relation between them.

He is my namesake, but no relation.

He is my distant relation.

He is no relation to me.

What relation is she to you?

Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in relation to infection control in hospitals.

Not many people know how to keep an affectionate relation with their relatives.

By simply changing the orientation of a house in relation to the sun, you can save up to thirty percent of the energy required or wasted for heating or cooling it.

What's your relation with him?

Wages vary in relation to the age of the worker.

I don't see any relation between the two problems.

Movie subtitles

In relation to your offer, I would like to meet you.

Dear son, Since the death of your mother our relation was more that of comrades than that of father and son, and that is why I can now speak to you as a friend.

No relation to John, Joe, trade or mark.

The other seeks an expression of impulses. that bind him to some dim animal relation with the earth.

It's a personal matter that has no relation to social philosophies or politics.

Tell me, in what relation are both the children to your husband?

Tell me, is Mrs. Van Hopper a friend of yours or just a relation?

I must say I feel a little like the poor relation, sneaking around through back doors.

I will not listen to your ignorance and folly. which incapacitates you for any further views in relation to bulls.

The Relation of Literature to Legislation in 18th-Century England.

No relation. Let me see.

Fact is, you could pass for blood relation, come to think of it.

One little incident of my school days occurs to me as amusing in relation to my present situation.

It was galling to accept the status of a poor relation but the certainty of seeing Sibella every day was too tempting to be refused.

No relation to John, Joe, Trade or Mark.

On the contrary, a relation.

That was because the British-Indian rulers were jealous and were determined to not allow any relation between Tibet and other great powers.

Want to read a fascinating article by him on oxygen in relation to altitude?

Don't go. So to speak, her nearest male relation. After all, what could be closer than the relationship of master and pupil?

I hardly see the relation.

Or a relation. Someone we hold something over. An honorable name, or a sense of family obligation.

Zyra will be about here in relation to earth.

We thought your relation with Paul was harmonious.

I remember the day when Eugen and I tried to analyse our relation.

If you leave through the garden door, she won't see you. I must say, I feel a little like the poor relation, sneaking around through back doors.

I'm speaking of psychic man and his relation with his whole universe.

What relation are you to the missing person?

He said true progress must bear some relation to man's character.

As for this fine relation of yours.

You're being spiteful, and you completely misinterpret our relation.

No, this is the army Forrestal, absolutely no relation.

Sorry, Doctor, to rub it in. but we have witnesses to their relation. the staff at Korvo's hotel.

And that began your relation with Korvo.

Because in relation to our budget.

News and current affairs

The Sudairis, it seems, have apparently left their half brother alone to twist in the wind. Abdullah's proposal could weaken his position domestically, particularly in relation to the country's powerful Islamists.

If the US dollar weakens in relation with other major currencies, China may not need to adjust RMB's nominal rate for quite a while.

Indeed, the last Eurobarometer survey on the Lisbon Strategy found that the European public sees little relation between EU policies and economic competitiveness.

By what measure, and in relation to whom are they overpaid?

All of these are seen as Kremlin games, hypothetical and hypocritical, bearing little relation to reality.

In fact, our relation to the planet will be like that of a gardener to a garden.

And I believe that it is unwinnable because it fails to comply with the tenets of the Powell Doctrine, elaborated 18 years ago by Colin Powell, then Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, in relation to the first Gulf War.

For now, because of the relation between the different levels of government, local governments have very little to gain from an economic upswing within the areas that they administer.

Might there be a causal relation between the Bush administration's cavalier, if not hostile, attitude toward law and its dazzling inability to acknowledge mistakes and manage midstream readjustments?

The contagion rate of stories depends on their relation to feedback, but plausible stories have to be there in the first place.

We have lost both concepts in relation to much conduct in our contemporary world, but we urgently need to re-find them in relation to the new possibilities opened up by the life sciences if we are to continue to respect all life, especially human life.

For example: we no longer hear about cutting Italy's public debt in half (in relation to GDP).

Similar measures, indeed, had recently been undertaken by the Moscow Patriach in relation to Orthodox parishes in Berlin, Vienna and Brussels.

In Avatar, the core themes highlight everything that has gone wrong with Americans' view of themselves in relation to their country's foreign policy.

Although high growth requires large-scale capital formation, the relation between investment in real capital assets and human capital in China seems to be out of proportion.

Indeed, in a country where trust rarely exists, Kim Kyong-hui is the only blood relation whom Kim Jong-il has ever fully trusted.

In fact, Western Europe's extreme-right parties' attraction to Putin's negative agenda can be understood in relation to another authoritarian anti-ideology: Benito Mussolini's fascism.

The detailed nature of the relation between cells, the modifiable synapses, was the software.

The negative effect of the US financial setbacks on Indian stock markets, therefore, made little sense, since they bore no relation to the real value of Indian companies.

A significant proportion of total local-government debt either has no direct relation to local governments, or cannot be guaranteed by them.

With debt burdens elevated and housing prices significantly above levels warranted by their historical relation to income, the business cycle of the last two decades appears exhausted.

The proposals also clarify Brussels' jurisdiction in relation to national competition authorities: mergers requiring a review by three or more national authorities will go automatically to Brussels.

All ways of worship, Hinduism asserts, are valid, and religion is an intensely personal matter related to the individual's self-realization in relation to God.

In relation to the past, he used to say, we make a choice of traditions, and with its help we express our views and options.

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