Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

    He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers.

    gutes Verhältnis, vertrauensvolles Verhältnis, harmonisches Verhältnis

    взаимопонима́ниеvzaimoponimánije, взаимоотноше́нияvzaimootnošénija

    a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

  2. (countable, uncountable)Relation; proportion; conformity.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The new teacher developed a rapport with the pupils straight away.

    deDer neue Lehrer verstand sich auf Anhieb gut mit den Schülern.

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  2. Offline classes are nice as they facilitate rapport among students better.

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  3. I would like to get a feel for your rapport with the customer.

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  4. We have a good rapport.

    deWir unterhalten gute Beziehungen.

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  5. Professor Jefferson has a good rapport with his students.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
relationship of mutual trust and respect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
relationship of mutual trust and respect:

Origin

Borrowed from French rapport. Doublet of report.

Borrowed from French rapport. Doublet of report.

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Forms

plural: rapports
Singularrapport
Pluralrapports

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people:resonance

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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