relation
/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The relation between diet and health is complex."
- "There's no linear relation between mortality and size."
- "Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed."
- "Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one."
- "the foreign relations of the United States"
- "Your relation of the events is different from mine."
Etymology
From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relacion (whence French relation), from Latin relātiō, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relātus (“related”), from verb referō (“to refer, to relate”), from prefix re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear, to carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ion. Doublet of relazione.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
- British English: /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
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Synonyms
connection
link
relationship
member of one's family
recounting
tell
correspondence
association
bearing
concern
pertinence
reference