English Explanatory Dictionary

relationship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
  2. The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
  3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
  4. A romantic or sexual involvement.
  5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
  6. The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ En-us-relationship.ogg /ɹəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ /ɹəˈlæ̝ɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/

Word forms

relationship relationships

Etymology

From relation + -ship.

Related words

relate relation relative

Derived words

antirelationship blood relationship brolationship customer relationship cyberrelationship entity-relationship diagram entity relationship diagram entity-relationship model e-relationship fakeship flirtationship interrelationship intrarelationship isolationship legal relationship long-distance relationship new relationship energy nonrelationship open relationship rebound relationship relationship anarchy relationshipless relationshiply relationshipper relationshipping relationshippy relationship status relationshipwise relationshit relationshopping relfie sexship situationship special relationship steprelationship step-relationship structure-activity relationship textationship unrelationshipped vacationship
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